While speculation is rife on a possible rallying of the Republican elected to the presidential majority, LREM leaves the field open to Damien Abad.
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LREM will not present a candidate against LR deputy Damien Abad in the fifth constituency of Ain for the June legislative elections. This was confirmed on Friday, May 13, by the general delegate of the presidential party, Stanislas Guerini, while the LR deputy is the subject of speculation about a possible rallying to the macronie.
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On France 2, Stanislas Guerini explained that the presidential majority wanted “welcome the posture of responsibility and clarity” of the leader of the LR deputies in the between-two-rounds when he had clearly called to vote for Emmanuel Macron.
“Damien Abad, at a time when his political party was once again choosing not to make a choice between the far right and Emmanuel Macron, in a ni-ni, a form of ideological and political sinking of his party, s ‘is set back from it in an extremely clear way’underlined Stanislas Guerini.
“That does not mean that he agrees with the entire program carried by the President of the Republic, otherwise he would have joined us and would be invested by the presidential majority.”
Stanislas Gueriniin the “4 Truths”
The majority, united under the “Together!” confederation, has announced the names of its candidates in 548 of the 577 constituencies in recent days, although it should ultimately give up presenting candidates in around fifteen territories.