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Presidential 2022: Benoît Payan (PS) will not automatically support Anne Hidalgo

2022-01-14T07:41:22.027Z


In Liberation, the socialist mayor of Marseille announces that he will be behind "the one who emerges victorious" from the popular primary.


Anne Hidalgo released?

While in the national office of the Socialist Party, this week, the majority current of the secretary general, Olivier Faure, said it was in favor of her taking part in the popular primary, the candidate repeated several times that she would go “

obviously

” until the end of this presidential election.

Without going through the primary box, since Yannick Jadot, the EELV candidate, does not wish to participate.

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In

Liberation

, this Friday, Benoît Payan announces that he will not automatically support Anne Hidalgo for the presidential election. “

I will support whoever wins the (popular) primary. And I will only give my sponsorship to the woman or the man who will come out of it majority

, ”he communicates. In this interview, the elected representative of the Marseille city deeply regrets the change of course of the socialist candidate. “

You can't say 'I'm going to primary school' on Monday and, on Thursday, 'I'm not going because there aren't the friends I want'. You have to be consistent. I fully supported his approach to go there. I tell him: go to primary school, show what you're wearing,give your energy and you will be useful

“, he launches to him.

The dumbest left in the world

According to him, it is not yet “

too late

” for the left to rally behind a candidate thanks to this primary. “

We call on citizens all the time, and when they take initiatives, we tell them: 'We're not interested'? All these convolutions will not justify this irresponsibility

”, retorts the socialist city councilor of Marseille. And to add: “

We are condemned to be the most stupid left in the world for how long? Some candidates of this presidential were in the same party, others supported the same governments. They lead coalitions together in the cities and they try to make us believe that to lead the country, it is not possible?

".

While in Marseille, the left had won during the last municipal elections thanks to a very large coalition, Benoît Payan calls on the responsibility of the various candidates so that they manage to do the same.

"

There are hundreds of thousands of people telling us: 'Gather together.

' he.

For the moment, among the left-wing candidates, only Christiane Taubira has agreed to submit to the popular primary, which will take place at the end of January, and which brings together more than 100,000 citizens.

Source: lefigaro

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