While Mounir Mahjoubi asks for a citizen consultation to designate the candidate of La Republique en marche (LREM) for the municipal in Paris, his direction was very firm: no primary. The MP for Paris and former Secretary of State for digital remains convinced of the relevance of his approach, as he explained Monday night at the microphone of Matthieu Belliard on Europe 1.
"We are the first political party in Paris"
"I am part of the walkers who, for more than a year, spend all their weekends on the markets, to be with the Parisiennes, the Parisians," he explains. "We are the first political party in Paris, we have thousands of members throughout Paris, we are so strong, we are so present, it gives us responsibilities, our responsibility is to bring people together. create conditions for success by bringing together elected representatives from the right, elected representatives from the left, and a whole generation of walkers who will take responsibility everywhere.For that, we say that the best tool is a great consultation, "he continues.
For the former Secretary of State, this is the only way to hope to win. "Today, if we do not gather, what will gather the first round of municipal If LREM is all alone, if Pierre-Yves Bournazel is next, if Gaspard Gantzer is next door? We have everything to gain to be together, "he insists.
However, Mounir Mahjoubi is committed to supporting the candidate who would eventually be appointed. "It's not debate," he answers a question about his possible support, if any, to Benjamin Griveaux. "This party (LREM), I participated in creating it, this party, I love it, LREM, it's a part of me", he justifies himself. "Obviously, what counts for me is the collective, once we have chosen our candidate, we will all be behind him because today, Parisians are disappointed, they are tired," says -t it. "I will make sure that everything I've been saying for several months about participatory democracy, about ultra-local Paris that respects people everywhere, is part of this campaign", including if another candidate is nominated. deputy.
"The commission does what it wants"
In the meantime, he will present his project on July 9 to the National Nomination Commission LREM. "I've been working there for several months, because I'm getting ready and I'm worried that I think we need to get together," he says. "I will explain to them how I see the role of 'walkers', how I see this capacity that we, the thousands of 'walkers' in Paris, will open our doors to all those who want to join us. does not get together, it's five years older than Anne Hidalgo, "he concludes.
"In fact, the commission does what it wants," he recalls. "She has the choice, on July 10, to say that a candidate really stands out and to give his name, or to decide to say that after listening to everyone, all the conditions are not met for the gathering, and to suggest that something else is happening. "
"The only way to move forward will be popular designations"
In a political period marked by the demand for more citizen participation and calls for referendums, he considers this option relevant. "The meaning of history is that of openness, the sense of history is good to go towards more participation," he says. "We are a young party, like any other young movement, we also need to organize ourselves, and I thought that Paris deserved to be mobilized and to involve citizens and walkers in the designation of the head. I think that later, the parties will have no choice, the only way forward will be popular designations. " We will know in two weeks if its claims have been heard ...