" Things were done without any of the group's elected officials being asked ", enrage Lionel Royer Perreaut. The mayor of the 9th and 10th arrondissements, re-elected Sunday evening with 43.52% of the vote, does not digest the decision made by Martine Vassal. Only a few hours after the surprise defection of the now ex-LR candidate in Marseille - who withdrew in favor of deputy Guy Teissier -, the 5th sector official went into dissent.
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" I will not support his candidacy, it is a democratic denial ," he pests. “ Guy Teissier was not even elected district mayor, he has no legitimacy. I do not endorse this way of doing things and I will therefore submit my candidacy on Saturday to represent the values of the right and the center during this election, ”he announced.
According to him, Guy Teissier - who is his predecessor at the town hall of the 9th and 10 arrondissements and ex-president of the urban community - would be ready " to make alliances with the National Rally ". " I can't accept it, it's big junk ," he breathes.