The elected representatives of Québec solidaire will take only one oath on Wednesday: that towards the people of Quebec, warns Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, who calls on the other party leaders to find a solution to end the obligation to swear loyalty to the king , as also claimed by the Parti Québécois.
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The parliamentary leader of QS also sent a letter on Tuesday to François Legault, Dominique Anglade and Paul St-Pierre Plamondon inviting them to meet, starting next week, “in order to find a transpartisan solution to the cul-de- -current bag”.
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The National Assembly having already informed the three elected Péquistes that it was not within its jurisdiction to put an end to the obligation to take the oath to Her Majesty, “we are at an impasse”, indicates Mr. Nadeau-Dubois , in his missive.
Mr. Nadeau-Dubois considers that they have “plenty of time”, between now and the start of the parliamentary session scheduled for November 29, to find “a way of passage respectful of all elected officials”.
In interview with The newspaperthe parliamentary leader of Québec solidaire has not ruled out the possibility of having to take an oath to the king at a later stage in order to be able to sit in the Blue Room, insofar as the leaders agree, for example, on the rapid passage of a bill.
“We will be open to all good ideas,” said Mr. Nadeau-Dubois. “Me, I reach out to the other chefs,” he summed up.
He believes that the proposal made by the PQ leader, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, to adopt a motion to allow elected officials to sit even if they have not taken the oath to Charles III, “deserves to be studied” .
Not a priority
But for the CAQ, “one motion is not enough,” said the government’s parliamentary leader, Simon Jolin-Barrette.
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François Legault and his 89 CAQ deputies all took an oath to the king and the people of Quebec on Tuesday.
The latter fears that the laws adopted in the National Assembly will be put “at risk” if the oath of allegiance to Her Majesty provided for in the constitution is not respected.
“It does not please anyone to take an oath to the king,” he admitted, leaving the possibility of bringing the abolition of the oath of allegiance to the legislative menu, but it is not a question of a ‘priority’, unlike the fight against inflation.
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Compliance with Laws
Asked about this on the sidelines of the swearing in of her 20 deputies, the Liberal leader, Dominique Anglade, who was sworn in to the king like the 90 elected CAQists on Tuesday, invited “people who want to change the laws” to start with “come to sit in the National Assembly”, which passes, for the moment, by the obligation to submit to the two oaths.
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Liberal leader Dominique Anglade and her 20 elected officials from the official opposition all took an oath to the king and the people of Quebec on Tuesday.
“In relation to the question of the monarchy: is it a system that deserves to be reviewed? Certainly, because there are elements that are outdated, but you have to respect the laws,” dropped Mr.me England.
The PQ will do as QS
In the evening, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon announced on Twitter that the swearing-in ceremony of the three elected PQ members will take place “as planned this Friday”, that is to say by taking only one of the two oaths, namely that to the Quebec people.
But this in no way removes, for the moment, the obligation to swear loyalty to the king to sit in the Blue Room.
– With the collaboration of Patrick Bellerose