An escalation of violence in Mayotte was at the center of a confrontation between Mayotte's LIOT deputy, Estelle Youssouffa, and the Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez, during a session at the National Assembly. The tense exchanges saw the parliamentarian accuse the head of police in France of having lied about promises made in August 2026 regarding the reinforcement of PAF personnel, the dismantling of the illegal migrant camp in Tsoundzou, and the repatriation of its African occupants from the Great Lakes countries. Estelle Youssouffa listed a series of failures attributed to the minister, stating that he had failed in his mission and should resign due to his catastrophic record. Laurent Nuñez reaffirmed on Wednesday evening that the reinforcements of police officers promised to the PAF of Mayotte would indeed take place. The discussion led to a back-and-forth between the head of police in France and Estelle Youssouffa, first in the Assembly's hemicycle and then in the Commission. The minister expressed irritation at the persistent remarks of the parliamentarian about the violence erupting again on the archipelago. One reference was an allusion to a "small bomb" that the prefect François Poisot supposedly let slip during a security conference organized by the Association of Mayors a few days ago. Estelle Youssouffa cited data that the Government Delegate supposedly provided during this event, reporting a 20% increase in violence against people in Mayotte in 2026, and a 75% increase in sexual violence against women and minors compared to last year. She sarcastically remarked that the prefect had admitted to being powerless or at least running out of ideas in the face of this explosion of violence. Estelle Youssouffa, known as "poutou m'gowa" (bird pepper) among her supporters, became more aggressive, accusing the minister of lying in his August 28 tweet promising recruitments and human deployments for the national police in Mayotte and of refusing these police reinforcements. She further accused the minister of endangering the women and men tasked with protecting the population by leaving them understaffed in Mayotte and prohibiting the use of flash balls when they are on the front line facing unprecedented violence. She listed a series of failures attributed to the head of police in France, accusing him of leaving her Mahorais compatriots defenseless against individuals who throw stones at school buses, teachers, and law enforcement, who attack children in high schools, and who send Molotov cocktails, concrete blocks, steel rods, or harpoons to pierce vehicles. "How do you justify your salary if you are not doing the work? When will you resign?" she asked. Estelle Youssouffa reminded the Minister of the Interior that he had made several commitments during his visit to the illegal African migrant camp in Tsoundzou, which he had not respected at all, not even initiating the dismantling of this illegal camp or proceeding with the repatriation of its residents. She accused him of having a catastrophic record and asked, "How do you justify your salary if you are not doing the work? When will you resign?" Laurent Nuñez responded, explaining that his trip to the territory (August 26 and 27, 2026) was not a tourist visit but a work trip. He stated that he met with the mayors of the island, the police, and the gendarmerie, to whom he paid tribute for the quality of work they perform. He denied opposing recruitments in Mayotte, noting that with the Prime Minister, he had announced an increase in GAO personnel of several dozen people and that he would keep his word. He mentioned commitments to strengthening nautical resources to prevent kwasa-kwasa from entering the island. The head of police in France raised the tone toward the Mayotte deputy, expressing irritation at the statements she had made. He stated that he did not know in what world intermediate armaments were prohibited in Mayotte, noting that there are derogatory rules in favor of the national gendarmerie, which he had personally validated. Laurent Nuñez, clearly upset, invited the Mahorais parliamentarian to work on her files before asking questions that were "bordering on insulting." Estelle Youssouffa regained the floor to remind him that it was one of his colleagues from the same ministry who had explained during a stop in Mayotte that there are no GAO reinforcements and no additional personnel. She asked this question precisely because it is not the case and the Place Beauvau movements had been announced, with no reinforcements of personnel in Mayotte despite his announcements, adding that there would be demands for internal recruitments. The back-and-forth continued, with Laurent Nuñez reminding her that his visit to the archipelago was only at the end of August and that the GAO recruitments are not done "like that," that these recruitments were underway within the framework of the PNLF and would arrive very soon. He stated, "I only have one word, they will be on site!" The minister once again praised the skills of the current prefect of Mayotte and the quality of exchanges he had with the Mahorais mayors, of a different nature than those with deputy Estelle Youssouffa. Later in the evening, the two figures had the opportunity once again to cross words during a specialized commission, always on the same topic. And once again, the Minister of the Interior showed irritation at the statements (contrary to his own) of the parliamentarian.