It's almost D-Day. Last Tuesday, Damien Abad, whose political family Les Républicains criticizes for wanting to get closer to Emmanuel Macron, had promised to "
clarify
" his "
situation
" before Friday.
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, Christian Jacob, in turn, asked the boss of the LR deputies to decide.
"
He was scolded in a group meeting at the start of the week, where the unanimity of parliamentarians asked him to clarify his position immediately
," said the president of LR.
"
He asked for 48 hours.
The deadline is there.
»
Candidate in his constituency of Ain, Damien Abad, also received at the Elysee Palace during the between-two-rounds, will not face any candidate from the Republic on the move.
“
Either he joins the majority, he says it, he assumes it
”, castigated Christian Jacob.
“
Be it, it remains on the line which is ours.
" The president of the right-wing party continued: "
He wants to enter the government, it is not because we want him that we enter there, but if he wishes, he goes there.
We cannot be ambiguous.
»
Would this hesitation already be a confession?
“
When there is a doubt, it is that there is no doubt
”, breathed Christian Jacob.
On May 7, and while the LR deputy from Essonne Robin Reda officially joined the majority, Christian Jacob had been very clear: “
We, the rule, it is clear and unambiguous, there is no double belonging to the Republicans.
We cannot be LR and in the presidential majority.
From the moment you are a presidential majority, you are no longer a Republican.
»
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