MoDem MP Anne Grignon, elected in the second district of Yvelines, announced her resignation on Friday August 12, wanting to take the lead when one of her political opponents had filed an appeal against her election.
A new by-election will be held in the coming weeks.
Anne Grignon, substitute for Jean-Noël Barrot (MoDem) during the legislative elections in Versailles in 2017 and 2022, became a deputy on August 4, a month after the appointment of the latter to the government.
She explained on Friday that she had been the subject of an "
appeal
" from a "
relative of a candidate beaten in the first round
", which is based on a provision of the Electoral Code which notably prohibits a "
substitute for a member of a parliamentary assembly
to present himself as a substitute for a deputy.
However, Anne Grignon was a candidate in second position on the LREM list during the senatorial elections of September 2017 in the Yvelines.
This list of the presidential majority having won only one seat, Anne Grignon is in fact the replacement for her elected running mate, in particular in the event of resignation or death.
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The situation has already occurred on several occasions, sanctioned by constant case law from the Constitutional Council, in particular in 2012 when the Elders canceled the election of UMP deputy (ex-LR) Patrick Devedjian, on the grounds that his deputy Georges Siffredi was replacement in the Senate.
“
I deeply regret this situation.
In order to settle it quickly, I decided, in responsibility, to resign from my mandate
", explained the elected resigner in a press release, castigating "
a totally absurd point of law
" and according to her "
not identified by the instructor services during the examination of applications
" last June.
Anne Grignon again considered with AFP that it was an "
obstructing the fundamental freedom to apply
".
Anne Grignon assured that she would take "
an active part
" in the future partial legislative election, without further details.
She also remains mayor of Lévis-Saint-Nom (Yvelines), a mandate which she had intended until then to put an end to in September, prohibition of the accumulation of mandates obliges.
If she can no longer be a substitute, nothing prevents her from being a titular candidate to try to recover her seat at the Palais Bourbon.
“
We will discuss with Jean-Noël Barrot to do things as best as possible
“, she slips.
In the second round, Jean-Noël Barrot was re-elected with 64.27% of the vote, almost six points better than five years earlier.
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