The leader of the Insoumis Jean-Luc Mélenchon asked 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 pleaded so that democracy is not put " in parentheses".
"The government must take action as soon as possible"
"If the government has to decide that the confinement 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. 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.
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"We are not voting full powers in government"
"But there can be no question of putting democracy on hold. We do not vote full powers in government, we vote them to the people and to those who represent them," he said.
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.