The decision was adopted ‘unanimously’ by the members of the LR board, the current political heir to De Gaulle, Chirac and Sakozy. However, Ciotti has denied that the meeting has any legal consequences: “I am still the chairman of our formation.”
The executive committee of the conservative Los Republicanos (LR) party decided on Wednesday to dismiss its president. Eric Ciottifor defending an alliance with the Marine Le Pen is far right for the early parliamentary elections of June 30 and July 7.
The decision was adopted “unanimously” by the members of the extraordinary executive of the LR, the current political heir of the former presidents. Charles de Gaulle, Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sakozy.
For his part, Ciotti has denied that the meeting has any legal consequences: “I am still the chairman of our formation”.
The internal impetus stems from the announcement that Ciotti launched on Tuesday to… “alliance” with National Group (RN) in view of the early parliamentary electionsa gesture that would ‘de facto’ imply that the cordon sanitary that has always marked relations with the extreme right.
The tension has reached such a point that the wayward members of the leadership called for an extraordinary meeting, from which, in theory, a new leadership has emerged, with the hitherto general secretary, Annie Geneverdand the head of the list for the Europeans, François-Xavier Bellamyas interim leaders.
‘By executing secret negotiations“without consulting our political family and our militants, Éric Ciotti completely violates the statutes and the line defended by LR”, Genevard explained at the end of the meeting, which was not held at the party headquarters, theoretically closed for security reasons – according to Ciotti’s own version-.
Ciotti’s response was immediate and just as he had ruled before the match that the match had no legal validity, he repeated the same argument after the match was over. So remember that it represents one “blatant violation” of the statutes of the party and even suggests that “it could have criminal consequences.”
In addition, he adds a statement with the Republicans’ own emblems asserting that a step of this caliber cannot be taken without prior approval from the President. “We carry the voice of right-wing citizens, who have been ignored and confiscated for too long,” this note reads.
Source: EITB
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