The Retaillistes were ulcerated by discovering the new organization chart of the Republicans unveiled on Wednesday by the new president of the Republicans Éric Ciotti in
Le Figaro
.
A few hours later, Bruno Retailleau himself expressed his dissatisfaction on social networks with a tweet that says it all: “
Eric Ciotti's organization chart does not take into account the balances resulting from the ballot.
Our agreements are not respected.
I regret.
Trust is the essential prerequisite for unity
”.
For weeks, Éric Ciotti and Bruno Retailleau have been talking almost daily on the line of the Republicans – in particular on the question of pension reform – as on the organization chart of the party.
“
Since the internal election, we have exchanged almost every day.
Our relationship is fluid, simple.
On most of the subjects, we share the same analysis and in particular on the pension reform
”, indicates the president of LR in an interview with
Figaro
.
Again on Wednesday, the two elected officials spoke to each other before the announcement of the management.
Hence the anger of Bruno Retailleau believing that their political agreement has not been respected.
“Othman Nasrou was to be the only Deputy Secretary General but there are three others”
Among the supporters of the senator from Vendée, who came second in the internal election during the internal campaign for the party, it is estimated that the new LR management team does not reflect the political weight of the president of LR senators.
“
Names of senators have disappeared.
Othman Nasrou was to be the only deputy general secretary but there are three others.
We discovered a strategic committee with 28 names when no one had told us about it and only a few supporters of Bruno Retailleau.
We are taken for fools
, ”plagues someone close to the senator, recalling the score recorded by the senator in the last internal ballot in which 91,000 members had been invited to vote.
During this second round, the senator from Vendée won 46.3% of the vote against Éric Ciotti qualified with 53.7% of the vote.
Very annoyed, Bruno Retailleau's supporters want to believe that the organization chart can still evolve and some prefer to give the new LR boss a second chance.
One thing seemed certain Wednesday evening for the Retaillistes, as it stands, the new configuration of the movement could not be ratified.
At the risk that the Republicans find themselves faced with a new internal crisis when all the tenors of the party have constantly repeated that the rally was not an option and that new divisions could sign the death of the Republicans.
“, we insisted Wednesday evening in the entourage of Bruno Retailleau as if the possibility of a solution had not been completely ruled out.
