“In a campaign, we try to convince voters by making it argument against argument.
“Which act.
Guest of Sud Radio's "Political Breakfast" on Monday morning, Manuel Bompard took the opportunity to respond to the Head of State who, on Friday, in an interview with the regional daily press, had explained that "no political party [could] impose a name [of prime minister] on the president”.
Clearly, he would not appoint Jean-Luc Mélenchon, boss of LFI who leads the left-wing Nupes alliance to the legislative elections, in the event of the latter's victory at the end of the second round, on June 19.
[#SudRadio]🗣@mbompard: "#Macron says he doesn't want to appoint @JLMelenchon Prime Minister! Bah so good man you're going to appoint him!"
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Constitutional obligation versus republican tradition
For Manuel Bompard, former campaign manager of the rebellious leader and legislative candidate in the 4th district of Marseille, “the arguments defended by the President of the Republic do not hold water”.
Thus, “when he says:” Jean-Luc Mélenchon cannot be Prime Minister, because I will not name him “, well, yes, man, you are going to name him”, he let go.
In his eyes, "what is a constitutional obligation is that the Prime Minister must have a vote of confidence in the National Assembly and, in order to have it, the person who has been chosen by the political alliance which has the majority of deputies in the Assembly.
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But if that were the case, Emmanuel Macron could very well decide to appoint someone else within the Nupes, launched the journalist Benjamin Glaise to him… “It would be a provocation”, estimated Manuel Bompard, advancing that “ historical traditions”: “When François Mitterrand appointed Jacques Chirac [in 1986], he appointed the leader of the opposition [RPR].
Jacques Chirac himself named Lionel Jospin in 1997, he did so because Lionel Jospin was appointed by the plural left at the time.
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Our file on the legislative
But how to say that we have won an election when we are not a candidate, then slipped Benjamin Glaise, recalling that Jean-Luc Mélenchon, deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône, did not represent himself for a new mandate.
"At no time in history is there an obligation to be a deputy to be Prime Minister", decided Manuel Bompard, citing the case of Elisabeth Borne, just appointed Prime Minister and who is running for the very first time by universal suffrage in Calvados.
Argument against argument.
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Legislative 2022: "It would be a mistake on his part" ... Jean-Luc Mélenchon responds to Emmanuel Macron on the choice of Prime Minister in the event of a victory for the left
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