The candidates of the right and the center will be fixed, Saturday, on the method which will make it possible to decide between them.
Primary open or closed congress, the members of the Republicans are called to the digital ballot boxes to choose a solution, knowing that on the eve of the vote, the second option was considered the most likely.
Beyond the terms set by the last political bureau, if everyone is impatiently awaiting the result of the internal ballot, it is first of all to put an end to an episode considered "
interminable
" and long remained "
too obscure
" in the eyes of activists. .
“
It's catastrophic, because while we are doing our grub on the tie-breaker, our opponents are campaigning!
», Protests a deputy LR.
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Some elected officials do not want to bury the open primary too early, believing that members "will
understand
" the interest of a choice extended to supporters of the right to consolidate the base of the one who will be appointed on December 4.
Xavier Bertrand has made no secret of his hostility to any primary, Michel Barnier said he was comfortable with both formulas and, at Valérie Pécresse, many are crossing their fingers hoping for an open primary.
Skepticism and deception
If Julien Aubert judges the opening as a solution; he nevertheless qualifies the analysis by recalling that in 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy had been appointed in closed congress. "
When a candidate arouses enthusiasm, everyone follows
", estimates the deputy of Vaucluse, little worried about the solidity of the relations with the formations of the center. However, we do not hide a certain skepticism in Hervé Morin and if, on Saturday, the closed congress were to win, it is very likely that his movement, Les Centristes, will be heard. Including in the Senate, where some saw the option of voting in closed congress as a way of excluding them from the nomination process. "
It is quite incomprehensible as a choice whereas the Republicans and the centrists govern together in the cities, the departments, the regions and in the Senate
”, argues a centrist very reassembled.
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If Christian Jacob has an appointment with the UDI next week for the legislative elections, the centrist elected officials intend to remind him that they are now very free from any commitment… They are not the only ones.
Gérard Larcher, supporter of an open primary, did not appreciate the choice of the congress either.
"
It is a hoax to make believe that the primary does not work, it is Fillon who did not work
", indicates a senator LR on the same line as Gérard Larcher.
