It wishes to "regain its political freedom to serve with strength but independence for the French". The deputy of the North, Valérie Petit, announced on Tuesday that she had resigned last Thursday from the movement La République en Marche (LREM).
In a press release, it specifies that this decision is motivated by questions of "freedom, democracy and ethics". "The parties no longer respond, neither to their primary vocation, to produce legitimate ideas and leaders, nor to the new aspirations of the French who demand more citizen participation," she explains.
“Authoritarianism of unelected small chiefs”
The member said that LREM "is not taking the path of greater internal democracy". She recently opposed the reform of her party's statutes. "This absence of democracy [...] gives way to the authoritarianism of small unelected leaders and gives birth to political decisions above ground," she said.
"Walkers are the lost treasure of this movement," notes Valérie Petit, who believes that she played the role of whistleblower, without having been heard. She assures that she will remain in her parliamentary group as a relative. In July 2019, the MP had violently criticized the nomination by LREM of Violette Spillebout for the candidacy of Lille city hall. Candidacy that she had sought, in vain.
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An LREM candidacy raises strong tensions with activists in Villeneuve d'Ascq
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LREM MP Valérie Petit came out of the woods for the municipal councils of Lille
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