Candidate for the post of first secretary, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol puts pressure on his rival, the leader of the socialist party Olivier Faure.

By letter, the mayor of Rouen, bearer of the orientation text “Refoundations” at the next party congress in January, requests “the lifting of the abusive procedure of suspensions affecting 79 socialist comrades.

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“On June 28, 2022, the national office of the Socialist Party took the decision to suspend (…) 79 comrades of our party, designated by the vote of our militants as incumbent and substitute candidates and having maintained their candidacy after the conclusion of the electoral agreement for the legislative elections”, explains the city councilor in his letter.

“Some were elected deputies, others obtained scores allowing the left to win in the second round, all of them exercise mandates and responsibilities in the name of the Socialist Party and continue to do so actively since June 28 “, pleads the elected Norman.

Maintaining these suspensions “without judgment” is for the mayor of Rouen “an aberration and a factor of division at a time when we must come together.

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A first dissident reinstated

The conclusion of the electoral agreement with La France Insoumise, the PCF and EELV resulting in the Nupes alliance had created a lot of tension within the PS.

Some had chosen to refuse this agreement and to present themselves despite the presence of a Nupes candidate.

The national secretary, Olivier Faure, had indicated on several occasions that the socialists who had chosen to maintain their candidacy against the Nupes agreement were “de facto” excluded from the party.

The National Conflicts Commission of the Socialist Party began examining the situation of all dissidents on 2 December.

Last week, a first dissident candidate, Pierrick Courbon, was reinstated by the PS.

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