The leader of the Insoumis Jean-Luc Mélenchon asked this Sunday that the government's decision on the cancellation or not of the second round of the municipal elections be "taken as soon as possible" and argued for democracy not to be put " in parentheses ".
"If the government has to decide that the containment takes place, that the second round does not take place, it must make its arrangements as soon as possible so that the whole country can organize itself knowingly," said Jean- Luc Mélenchon.
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But “democracy should not be shelved. I ask that the National Assembly can continue its work, naturally under conditions of health protection and responsibility, "he added.
“But there can be no question of putting democracy on parentheses. We are not voting full powers in government, we are voting them to the people and to those who represent them, ”he said.
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With a record abstention estimated between 53.5% and 56%, the French deserted the polling stations on Sunday during the first round of extraordinary municipal elections, organized as best they could in a country shut down by the coronavirus pandemic.
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