The popular primary, a citizens' initiative which had supported Christiane Taubira in the presidential election before she threw in the towel for lack of sponsorship, announced on Saturday "
supporting and campaigning
" for
Jean-Luc Mélenchon 's "
Popular Union ".
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After a vote of the board of directors which brings together volunteers, local groups, members of the permanent team and the office, the popular primary chooses today to support and campaign for the Popular Union, the best political vehicle to win our ideas in the presidential
election, ”explains the citizen movement, in a press release, without quoting Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
"
The vote, carried out by majority judgment, placed the motion of support for the Popular Union in the lead with more than 50% of mention Very Good
", explains the citizen movement.
"The political strategy of unity has not worked"
The popular primary admits "
that the political rallying strategy (on the left, editor's note) that we have been carrying out for months has not worked because the candidates do not wish to rally before the first round
", but affirms that "
our citizens' movement which has aroused the enthusiasm of half a million people, will not stop there
”.
Without ever quoting Christiane Taubira either, the primary stresses that “
the impossibility for the candidate supported by the greatest citizen designation of this presidential election to obtain the 500 sponsorships reinforces our finding that the rules of the democratic game are obsolete
”.
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Christiane Taubira emerged victorious from the vote of more than 392,000 voters, ahead of the ecologist Yannick Jadot, who came in 2nd position, and Jean-Luc Mélenchon (3rd).
“
Our mobilization force must serve the victory of ecology and social justice.
Now we have to win
, ”says the popular primary.