• A candidate for the legislative elections in the Meuse sticks up posters with a clear message: “Do not vote for me!

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  • Why did Jean-Luc Duret come to this?

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    tells you a somewhat grotesque story.

  • Despite the disappointment felt at not having been chosen by the presidential party, Jean-Luc Duret continues to believe in Emmanuel Macron, "his program is the right one for France".

The voters of the 2nd district of the Meuse will have the choice between 12 candidates on June 12 for the first round of the legislative elections.

Small subtlety: one of them does not want to be elected!

It is clearly written on its official posters: “Don't vote for me!

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"The poor should lose some voters," laughs Jean-Luc Duret with

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Responsible for La République en Marche (LREM) for the department "since 2018", this agricultural consultant did not expect such an epilogue after so many years of loyalty.

“I had been very active during the presidential campaign and without expecting a reward, I thought I had become the natural candidate.

Especially after the withdrawal of outgoing and dissident LREM MP Emilie Cariou.

Except that the presidential majority first decided to parachute Patrick François.

Until the former Grand-Est director of the Caisse des dépôts was declared ineligible by the prefect, a decision confirmed by the administrative court seized urgently.

Blame it on his former (big) responsibilities.

Still loyal to Emmanuel Macron

“I learned that on Friday, May 20 at 4 p.m., two hours before the end of the submission of applications.

I was therefore advised to file mine, ”recounts Jean-Luc Duret, who then crossed paths with Anne Bois on leaving the prefecture.

The ex-substitute on the list of Patrick François had been pushed on her side by Renaissance (ex-LREM).

"At 5:55 p.m., I was a candidate and at 6 p.m., I could no longer withdraw my candidacy", sums up the one who does not want to be considered a dissident.

Because despite the suspension of his function as referent for the presidential party and the launch of an exclusion procedure, the almost sixty-year-old continues to believe in Emmanuel Macron.

“Yes, I think his program is the right one for France.

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Hence, today, very clear posters for “not to participate in the division of votes in a constituency which voted 57% for Marine Le Pen in the second round of the presidential election.

In this sense, Jean-Luc Duret will not provide any ballot papers to the Meuse offices.

“I made this poster because I wanted to warn about what had happened.

But I'm not shooting Anne Bois or the party.

He would just like, in the long term, that “the politics that calls itself new will know and be able to get rid of all the backyard shenanigans that I hoped were over”.

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