David Lisnard chose to give his sponsorship to Jean-Luc Mélenchon, by “democratic concern”. Mayor Les Républicains de Cannes and president of the Association of Mayors of France (AMF) announced it in a video on his Twitter account.
“Sponsorships are not worth support”, recalls David Lisnard who believes that “if Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Marine Le Pen or Eric Zemmour could not present themselves, that would be a serious attack on democracy”. The leader of France Insoumise is experiencing difficulties in gleaning the 500 signatures necessary for the validation of his candidacy.
“The candidate that I support, in a clear and clear way, Valérie Pécresse, has nearly 2,000 sponsorships”, explains the mayor LR of Cannes. Faced with the observation that “three of the main presidential candidates have not received their sponsorships”the Chairman of the AMF called “all elected officials who can sponsor” at “to ensure that all the representative candidates can compete. It is a question of responsibility, civic unity and republican spirit”justifies David Lisnard.
“This is why I decided to sponsor the candidate from whom I am furthest removed, since I am ranked on the right, which is Jean-Luc Mélenchon”indicates the chosen one. “I ardently fight his convictions, his ideas and his values but he must be able to compete”.
The President of the AMF calls for the sponsorship rule to be changed. “I have made proposals in this area, either double sponsorship, or a return to anonymity, or sponsorship from citizens in addition to sponsorship from elected officials”says David Lisnard.