a mayor asks his citizens to choose his sponsorship

Vote to choose which candidate should get the precious patronage of the mayor. The inhabitants of Guémené-sur-Scorff (Morbihan) had the choice between eight ballots, the mayor having chosen to exclude, in principle, the candidates located at the two extremes. “I said to myself that as mayor, we might have a role to play in re-interesting people in the debate”declares the elected (DVG) René Le Moullec.

Out of 650 registered voters, only 40 voters went to the polling station. Result: the communist Fabien Roussel is one vote ahead of Emmanuel Macron. If the mayor wanted to use this process, it is also because he is overwhelmed by the solicitations of potential candidates. Not wanting to take on this responsibility alone, he had not sponsored anyone in 2017. In the Var, the prefect had forbidden the mayor to consult his constituents before giving his sponsorship.