The Republicans were convinced of the admissibility of their request, but the Avignon court ruled that it had not been initiated within the legal time limits to be considered admissible.
Wednesday evening, Thierry Mariani hastened to underline this decision by estimating that “
Mr. Muselier and his clan
” had “
rotten
” his campaign “
around rumors
” on his domicile.
"
Today the Avignon court has obviously ruled their request inadmissible,
" he added.
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The day before, the Marseille lawyer approached by five Avignon residents to initiate this appeal was nevertheless very confident on the file, aiming to demonstrate that the candidate Mariani had no real domicile in the Vaucluse.
"
Our chances are really and sincerely very important
", assured Me Cachard to
Le Figaro
.
But ultimately, a misunderstanding on the date of the posting of the lists in town hall made this appeal inadmissible because, according to the law, it had to be initiated no later than seven days after the posting of the lists in town hall.
The legal teams had left on the date of June 2 while the posting would have been officially set for May 31.
On Wednesday evening, the plaintiffs' lawyer intended to advise them to go to cassation.
This inadmissibility should not prevent a subsequent appeal to the Council of State, for the same reasons, but this cannot be launched until after the results of the second round.
In Paca, the battle for regional has grown over the days.
Thierry Mariani hopes to benefit from a dynamic allowing him to appear at the top of the latest Ifop-Le Figaro poll in which he is credited with 41% of the vote against the outgoing president.
For his part, Renaud Muselier wants to remain confident in his ability to bring together voters in the home stretch.
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