Saturday, the LR activists will choose their method of deciding to designate the candidate who will represent the right in the presidential election of 2022. Asked about his preference between the congress and the semi-open primary, Eric Woerth spoke on Europe 1 of his bitterness about the current situation of Republicans.
"
What surprises me is that after five years, we have not succeeded in giving birth to very identified ideas and to someone who would carry them so identified
", regretted the former minister of Budget.
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He therefore considers that it is "a
pity
" to have to "
go through this type of system
".
“
We could and probably should have worked differently over five years,
” lamented Eric Woerth.
A "
negative observation
" while his political family is divided between those who wish to participate in a primary and those who would prefer to submit to a simple vote of the militants.
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"No preference"
“
Between the two options, I don't really have a preference,
” Eric Woerth said. The president of the Finance Committee of the National Assembly believes, however, that "
if we want this selection process to increase the legitimacy of the person who will be appointed, the electoral base should be as broad as possible
". It is therefore rather open to a tie-breaking method giving members and supporters the opportunity to express themselves.
However, he expressed some doubts about the technical possibility of organizing a primary.
“
I am not sure that we will be able to organize it today in view of the passage of time.
When you have to verify the identity of people it takes a long time,
”he explains.
And to add that, to reserve the vote to the only militants was according to him "
of a biblical simplicity (...) but not very legitimizing
".
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