He is a candidate in the regional elections but demands that it be postponed.
With Le Figaro, the LREM mayor of Nevers (Nièvre) Denis Thuriot pleads Monday for the organization of the poll this fall, and not in June as planned.
"As a candidate it is not necessarily my desire but as mayor it is different"
, confides the elected official who was appointed leader of the presidential majority in Bourgogne Franche-Comté.
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“At the start, as head of the list I was rather in favor of the month of June but I see the lack of interest of our fellow citizens who do not have the head to that. I measure the pros and cons. Personally, I am now in favor of a postponement to October, ”
continues Denis Thuriot who participated in the
“ justified and appropriate ”
consultation
of mayors last weekend, despite opposition from the Association of Mayors of France.
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He doubts as much about the good organization of the poll as about the correct behavior of the electoral campaign.
"Nevers is a prefecture capital with a large vaccination center that we will always have to carry at the same time as the polling stations"
, slips the city councilor said to have already
"requested a lot"
his municipal agents.
In addition, the scientific council calls for the vaccination of all assessors.
He believes that other audiences should be given priority.
Finally, how to meet voters when significant travel restrictions are still imposed on the French?
“People are reluctant to welcome me.
I have the legal means to travel but it is very criticized by our fellow citizens who are restricted, ”
highlights the candidate who has eight departments to go.
"Carrying out a campaign on social networks is not everything, it only affects part of the population,"
said Denis Thuriot while the scientific council advocates a ban on gatherings, including outdoors.
What makes him say that in October
"all those who will have wanted it will have been vaccinated"
and that the voters will be
"more serene"
after the summer holidays.
“We would have more time to campaign, it's better for democracy.
The campaign and voting conditions will be more serene, ”
insists the walker.