“Well no, you don’t buy a sponsorship from an elected official of the Republic, even with a packet of crisps.” This is how it reacts Roch Chéraud the mayor of Saint-Viaud (Loire-Atlantique) which tells, on his facebook page the latest episode in the daily life of a rural mayor, solicited from all sides to deliver his sponsorship for the presidential election.“After the phone calls, the emails in spam or in the inbox, the letters in the town hall and even at home, a package received by post with stamps in francs in the town hall.”
The one who is otherwise the president of the association of rural mayors of Loire-Atlantique, then tell what “little moment of panic” because on the cardboard it was indicated several mentions in red “to be opened only by the addressee.”
But Roch Chéraud is obviously not the first to receive such a package. : “After investigation with fellow mayors, it is a question of sending a packet of crisps to request sponsorship from a fanatic who has already been talked about in the past with small holders of Euro shares -tunnel.”
Crisps for a signature?
The package was indeed sent by Nicolas Miguet, it looks like the President of the “Rassemblement des taxpayers français”. This man from Normandy is trying once again to run for president after failing to obtain his 500 sponsorships in 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017.
Why crisps?
Nicolas Miguet presents himself as the “sole campaign candidate”, he plays on irony by sending chips made in a huge factory near his home, which he presents as “a neighboring farm”. His small seduction operation may not bring him the necessary 500 signatures, but at least it gets people talking about him. the chained duck in particular devoted an article to its shipments of crisps throughout France.
Roch Chéraud will indeed sponsor a candidate in the name of the plurality of the debate
This little story allows Roche Chéraud to clarify its position on the sponsorship system: “In due time, I will sponsor a candidate for whom the values of defending rurality and respect for nature make sense. Sponsorship in complete freedom so that democracy lives in France. She needs it so much! Sponsorship so that all sensitivities can be represented during the presidential election (abstentionists will not be able to take refuge behind this argument)” he explains on his Facebook page.