The leader of the MoDem deputies, Patrick Mignola, suggested Sunday, June 6 the organization of a double referendum in the autumn on the introduction of proportionality in the 2022 legislative elections and the inclusion of climate protection in the constitution .
The proportional, it “
should be done, we can do it by referendum.
If we could have a referendum on the climate and a referendum on institutions this fall, I think the French could find themselves a little better in who we are,
”said Patrick Mignola on France 3.
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“
We need a stronger Parliament.
It could be the same day.
Why don't we ask the French the question about what concerns them most, how they are represented in the National Assembly?
», He continued.
"
Asking several questions, on the model of the votes in Switzerland, would make the referendum a real tool of democracy, and go beyond the plebiscite character
", which it may have, for or against the President of the Republic, considers Patrick Mignola , questioned by AFP in the wake.
A "jurisprudential" rule
The introduction of proportional representation in the legislative elections is the hobbyhorse of the Modem.
In mid-March, the majority officials had however agreed that the conditions were "
not met to carry out this reform
through parliamentary means
in a timetable both particularly tight with the approach of the elections of 2022 and constrained by the health crisis
”.
But the president of the Modem François Bayrou continued to plead for the referendum route.
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Admittedly, the electoral code indicates that "
cannot be carried out to a modification of the electoral system or the perimeter of the constituencies in the year which precedes the first round of a poll
", but it is about a rule "
jurisprudential
”, underlines Patrick Mignola, and a derogation is possible.
The inclusion of climate preservation in the constitution is recommended by the Citizen's Convention for the Climate. It is the subject of a bill to return to the Assembly on June 21 and bitter negotiations between deputies and senators, making its fate uncertain. The parliamentarians of the two chambers cannot agree on the wording of the text. However, it must be voted in identical terms by the Assembly and the Senate, before the President of the Republic submits it to a referendum.
