The cleaver was hanging from his nose.
He ended up falling.
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I told (to Damien Abad) that we could not wait for the goodwill of Mr. Macron to take him or not to take him to the government and that he had to leave his functions as president of the group now (LR in the National Assembly)
”, decided Christian Jacob, the boss of the Republicans, in a press release released Thursday at the start of the afternoon.
According to our information, the first vice-president of the LR group at the Palais Bourbon, Olivier Marleix, was to take over until the ballot on June 12 and 19.
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The tone of the message from the leader of the right confirms what he had hinted a few days ago, when rumors of the arrival of Damien Abad in the Macronist camp were becoming more and more insistent.
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His procrastination is perceived as an admission, and at least a desire to join the majority
", we abound in the presidency of the Republicans.
He plans to submit his candidacy file for the legislative elections on Friday
And for good reason, in his message, Christian Jacob also recalls what was said at the last meeting of the LR group on Tuesday, during which the outgoing boss of the deputies was strongly attacked by several parliamentarians who urged him to react.
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The deputies unanimously asked the president of the group Damien Abad to clarify his position on his commitment to the Republicans.
I asked him this morning to come out of the ambiguity.
He asked me for additional time to wait for the composition of the government
", explains President LR to better underline the impossibility for his movement to remain hanging on the agenda of the President of the Republic without reacting, at the dawn of an expected reshuffle, and in the middle of the legislative election campaign.
For his part, Damien Abad, under pressure on Tuesday, had asked for 48 hours to clarify his decision.
He intended to submit his application in Ain to the prefecture on Friday morning – the last day to do so – and undertook to specify his choice before that date.
He also hinted that he would not cling to his duties at the Palais Bourbon, as the now ex-LR Éric Woerth had done by remaining chairman of the Finance Committee.
The LR party has therefore decided not to wait to ask Damien Abad to leave his responsibilities.
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