"On election night, it was a bit like the extension of a football match: at one point, we saw victory, at another, we no longer saw it..." Thomas Mesnier is a lover of sports metaphors .
The deputy Horizons de Charente was re-elected on June 19, with only 24 votes ahead of his competitor from Nupes, René Pilato.
Finally credited with 50.03% of the votes cast, the parliamentarian now prefers to retain the positive.
“At the end, whether we win the match with one, two or three goals in advance, what counts is the victory”, image still the chosen one.
A victory, of course, but a tight score that prompted his competitor to file an appeal with the Constitutional Council.
This year, 91 such procedures have been filed.
The Constitution of 1958 entrusts the highest institution of the Republic to ensure the regularity of the election of the deputies and to rule on the complaints, in the event of dispute.
The Constitutional Council can be seized in…
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