Interview conducted by Tyler Jaewon Kim.
Q: Could you please introduce yourselves?
Ekin: So, hello, my name is Ekin.
Achille: And I’m Achille and we’re running for PROPA.
Ekin: And I’m running for the post of president.
Achille: And I want to do treasurer.
Q: Why did you decide to run for your positions?
Ekin: So I decided to run for president of PROPA because I thought that maybe I was able to think about what the already existing PROPA did over the last few months. And I felt that I could create a great team and, being able to make this campus real, I can do it together. To bring people together and to revive the spirits of the Mushus.
Achille: I think I’m running for Treasurer because it’s, I think it’s a job that fits me the most. The balance I think it’s, yeah, I’d like to, you know, have all this in mind. All the partnerships that you have to issue to call and everything. And I think it’s going to be fun training for the future. So yeah, that’s why I was running for treasurer.
Q: How did you choose your duo?
Ekin: So it was a tough question to choose my duo throughout the last few months. But I decided that Achille could be a really great treasurer because it was like, other than being someone that I’m close to, I knew that he could, like, manage all, of course, money, but also all the partnerships to manage calls, to, excel and stuff. So I thought he was a great partner for the PROPA.
Achille: I know, yeah, I think, when it was proposed to me, it sounded good to me because I wanted to engage in a campaign and, so, yeah, it was the best opportunity for me.
Q: What are your top three priorities for next year?
Achille: Yeah. But that I would say that, I’m really into the integration part because I think, the last years sure did very, very good integration and I’m going to do the same things for the one who will come. So we’ll make sure that everybody is feeling really welcome and has a very good integration in Le Havre.
Ekin: And also maybe making the PROPA more like, a collaborating association, maybe for the Assos that we don’t see often, collaborating so like, PROPA with BDA etc. So I think it’s really the prospective that I have for PROPA in the end. And the last thing there will be maybe to…
Achille: Take on this legacy.
Ekin: Yeah! Take on this legacy and do already existing events. So Appartathon, doing the talent show that is coming, the birthday of MUSHU and also creating new events, more t-
Achille: Show more flags because we had so many flags that we don’t show. Yeah. So yeah, I think it’s going to be great.
Q: Who will be in the MUSHU suit next year?
Achille: I think it’s going to be me because I love to wear MUSHU it’s so much fun. It’s kind of cozy, actually. It’s it’s a bit dirty right now. By the way, I assure you we’re going to wash it for next year but, yeah, it’s, I like to do this. It’s is kind of a vibe, you know? We got the best one. The red Dragon. Yeah.
Ekin: So, yeah, he’s going to wear it.
Achille: Let’s gooo
Q: What is one takeaway you want readers to have from this interview?
Ekin: So it’s not because we don’t have other duos that are presenting against us, that we are not ready to take back the PROPA. We have a lot of ambitions for this association, and we know that we are going to make it.
Achille: PROPAssion
Le Dragon Déchaîné 