Martine Vassal inducted Guy Teissier, 75, as a right-wing candidate for mayor of Marseille. - JS-M. / 20 minutes

  • Martine Vassal gives up being a candidate for mayor of Marseille on Saturday, during the “third round. "
  • She inducted Guy Teissier, the dean of the municipal council and recognized that his age could be an asset in the event of a tie.

Good things come to those who wait for. At 75, Guy Teissier will try to become mayor of Marseille: Martine Vassal, head of the list of Republicans, gives up. She will not appear in the third round after her defeat in the bastion of the 6th and 8th arrondissements on Saturday. She renounces the benefit of the former deputy: "I made the choice of wisdom, experience, consensus and respect," said the president of the Departmental Council and the metropolis, this Thursday.

She assumes the opportunistic dimension of this choice: “With the three voices of Bruno Gilles, we are tied with Printemps Marseille, with 42 votes. The oldest person is elected in this case. It will be an advantage if Guy is a few months older than Mrs. Rubirola… ”

"I will be loyal"

This justification made Guy Teissier smile: "It must have some advantages ..." The new candidate on the right made only a short statement to the media, without answering questions. The former president of Euromediterranean and the Urban Community was content to thank Martine Vassal.

MARSEILLE | Martine Vassal retires in favor of Guy Teissier who will run for his seat on Saturday in the election of the mayor. A former member of the New Forces party (far right), this 75-year-old LR deputy could collect the votes of Bruno Gilles and the RN and be elected to #Marseille! pic.twitter.com/MMWrW8NVxj

- Frederic Martel (@martelf) July 2, 2020

He promised to remain faithful: "I will be a mayor of Marseille loyal to the president of the Departmental Council and, I hope, to the president of the metropolis. Martine Vassal is not yet guaranteed to be re-elected, even if the Republicans have rather consolidated their positions in the metropolitan area, except in Marseille.

"If Samia Ghali was elected, it is because we have withdrawn"

"We love this city too much to leave it to the ultra-left," also launched Martine Vassal, who calls for the support of Samia Ghali. The ex-PS socialist finds herself in the position of arbiter with her eight seats. "If she was elected to City Council, it is because we withdrew in the 15th and 16th arrondissements. She is now responsible for her voices, ”sighed Martine Vassal.

The miscellaneous left candidate has not clearly announced her position for the third round. In a tweet posted this Thursday morning, she affirms that “the moment of the union of the city, of the reconciliation between the north and the south must finally arrive. Which does not say to whom she will give her votes on Saturday morning.

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