A defection this Sunday at Les Républicains: Guillaume Peltier, deputy and departmental councilor of Loir-et-Cher, announced that he officially supported Eric Zemmour for the presidential election of 2022. In the process, President LR, Christian Jacob, indicated that the elected was excluded from the party.
No surprise, but a “disappointment”
This announcement comes a month almost to the day after Guillaume Peltier publicly asked himself “how to remain insensitive to the speeches of Eric Zemmour?”. This remark resulted in him being dismissed from his post as LR vice-president.
For David Dallois, president of the party in the Cher, this support is not really a surprise: “I think Mr. Peltier had been preparing for his passage into Mr. Zemmour’s service for several weeks. It is not a surprise even if I always regret the departure of one of our own for a third party “.
Guillaume Peltier, in particular specified that his departure was “On behalf of 40% of members [LR] who voted for Eric Ciotti like me a few weeks ago “. An argument that do not worry David Dallois about possible other defections within the party. “Eric Ciotti has indicated that he will remain loyal to his political family” he indicates, while the member for Alpes-Maritimes immediately condemned the decision of his counterpart from Loir-et-Cher.
“Inconsistency” in Guillaume Peltier’s arguments in favor of Eric Zemmour
“We cannot find in his support for Eric Ciotti any justification for his departure” confirms Brice Tayon, LR departmental secretary in Indre, “especially since he knew the rules [au moment de la primaire]”. For him, this argument joins the list of inconsistencies put forward by Guillaume Peltier. “He says that Eric Zemmour is the only candidate who can beat Emmanuel Macron; however, according to opinion polls, it is Valérie Pécresse who comes in second” he explains.
The deputy of Loir-et-Cher who has also advanced as the candidate of Reconquest! was the “the only candidate faithful to the values of the RPR”. However, underlines Brice Tayon, _“at the time of the RPR, Mr. Peltier was a member of the FN_. He is only going back to his first love “.