The Paris court, which ruled urgently, "suspends the effects attached to the decision of inadmissibility of the candidacy" of Virginie Calmels, and "condemns Les Républicains" to pay her "the sum of 5,000 euros", affirms this judgment .
"Here I am restored to my rights," said Ms. Calmels on Twitter.
The High Authority of LR had rejected her candidacy on August 29, arguing that Ms. Calmels was not up to date with her contribution on July 22, 2022.
But this condition, “having only been published and communicated to members on July 25, 2022, necessarily deprived Ms. Calmels of the possibility of regularizing her contribution for the deadline of July 22”, considers the court.
In addition, this date of 22 "must be seen, obviously, as a new condition compared to those provided for by the statutes and the internal regulations" which themselves "contain ambiguous clauses", notes the court, which refers to the judge on the merits an assessment of these clauses.
Ms. Calmels had announced her candidacy on August 23, on a “balanced” line and “at the epicenter of the different currents of LR”.
He must now meet the sponsorship conditions (485 members and 10 parliamentarians) to be able to present himself.
The election of the president of LR is scheduled for the weekend of December 3.
The declared candidates are the deputy of the Alpes-Maritimes Éric Ciotti, the boss of the senators LR Bruno Retailleau, the secretary general of LR Aurélien Pradié and the mayor of Orléans Serge Grouard.
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