It will not last long.

This Monday, the candidate of the left coalition in the regional elections in Paca Jean-Laurent Félizia announced to his teams that he had finally decided to withdraw, learned

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, confirming information from

La Marseillaise. 

"He announced this decision to us during a meeting of all the components of the list", explains to

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the leader for his regional Communist Party, Anthony Goncalves, running mate of Jean-Laurent Félizia who pronounces the withdrawal from the left coalition list since Sunday evening.

"It was Jean-Laurent Félizia who decided"

At first, this Sunday evening, the ecologist announced his intention to stay in the second round, while the RN candidate Thierry Mariani was ahead of the outgoing president Renaud Muselier at the polls.

This speech had generated a wave of protests from national politicians, including EELV which threatened the candidate with exclusion, but also from some running mate.

“During this meeting, a certain number of people had seen their positioning evolved, says Anthony Goncalves, and others continued to offer maintenance.

And it is Jean-Laurent Félizia who himself decided the withdrawal.

"The Communist politician now calls on his electorate to" use the Renaud Muselier ballot to block the road to the National Rally ".

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