Le Figaro Lyon
Meeting in the Federal Council on Wednesday April 26, the Socialist Party of the Rhône voted unanimously for the installation of a new collegiate management.
This new local executive corresponding to all the currents of the party will be coordinated by Fabrice Matteucci, elected from Caluire-et-Cuire and former legislative candidate in the 5th district of the Rhône against the current deputy, Blandine Brocard.
This new direction will aim “
to resume work locally, to support the fights against the
pension reform
and for the referendum of popular initiative
”, confides to
Figaro
Fabrice Matteucci.
It will also have the mission of making people forget the controversy of last March and the re-election of Christiane Constant, dismissed from her post the day after the vote for racist remarks.
“
I slept for three hours but we won.
We're going to have a thunder of Zeus party.
We eliminated all these macaques
, ”she wrote with monkey emojis in a WhatsApp conversation.
I defend humanist values
Christiane Constant, former first federal secretary of the PS du Rhône
“
I am not racist, I have never been racist,
pleaded the latter
.
I have been in the Socialist Party for more than forty years, defending humanist values in accordance with the ethics and statutes of the Socialist Party.
If I had had discrepancies, I would have been suspended for a very long time
, ”had for his part justified the former secretary general explaining that his remarks had been misinterpreted.
Avoiding returning to the controversy, Fabrice Matteucci wishes “
locally and nationally to make the singular voice of the PS heard while respecting the framework of the Nupes agreements.
“
What is important is to have a collective fight.
But we are not drowned in this agreement.
The PS deputies show that they are driving forces on important subjects
, ”he concluded.
