Eric Ciotti will not be present at the LR political office, which threatens to exclude him

Eric Ciotti will not be present at the political office of his party, which threatens to exclude him after he called for an alliance with the RN, France Télévisions learned on Wednesday June 12, confirming information from BFMTV. The President of the Republicans “closed” the party headquarters, according to our information. The political office must be held at 3 p.m., in another location.

Eric Ciotti contests the validity of the meeting of this body, convened Tuesday by his number 2 Annie Genevard. The deputy for Alpes-Maritimes argues in particular that the political bureau can only meet at the request of the “president of the movement”, “or at the initiative of a quarter of the members of the National Council, on a specific agenda, under the conditions set by the internal regulations”. According to him, the political office was summoned “in flagrant violation of our statutes” and therefore does not “no legal value”.

Several Republican executives called on Eric Ciotti to resign after he called, Tuesday in an interview with TF1, to find an agreement with the National Rally in view of the early legislative elections. “If necessary, we will take it out of the office of General de Gaulle’s heirs”declared the deputy for Lot, Aurélien Pradié, on France 2. “Eric Ciotti, out!”also thundered Xavier Bertrand on BFMTV and RMC, accusing the Nice deputy of having “betrayed for a constituency” And “to be Marine Le Pen’s minister”.

Considering also that the president of LR “no longer intended to be president of the party”the head of LR deputies Olivier Marleix invited him to BFMTV “to demonstrate a minimum sense of honor” and to “leave office”since he “set out on this path alone.” But without giving him a gift, since “The Republicans will present candidates in all districts, including his own” in the Alpes-Maritimes, he assured.