The day after her victory at the Popular Primary, for Christiane Taubira, the hardest part begins.
Stage 1, since Sunday: pointing out his lack of a project, and making him wear the hat of the division. It is “one more application”, this is what ecologists, rebels, communists and socialists repeat. The objective, explains a senator, is to “put an end to the state of grace”. Some do not hesitate, in the PS and among environmentalists, to recall that when she was Minister of Justice, several of her collaborators had resigned.
“The relationship with humans, that’s going to be his problem” predicts a chosen one, when another the tax of “diva who is no longer used to being contradicted or pushed around.” There is this temptation on the left to go on this terrain to provoke the exit from the road.
At the same time, Anne Hidalgo is accelerating, to take the lead from the first laps. The best way to do it? Sponsorships. The first arrived at the Constitutional Council, assures a member of his team. Anne Hidalgo wants to be the first left to hit 500.”From there she is unstoppable“. Especially since around Christiane Taubira, we confide that we are far from it for the moment. Her team is talking about 150 to 200 sponsorships at this stage.
Different strategies for Yannick Jadot and Jean-Luc Mélenchon. The first no longer wants to talk about Christiane Taubira – “not my problem” he replies -, and intends to stand out with the project. “We must stay in our corridor, identified, ecology“ pleads a strategist.
As for the Insoumis candidate, who soon distanced himself from the Popular Primary, he refused to take Christiane Taubira on the phone on Monday, and made public the SMS he sent to her.
“I put a prerequisite for a new opportunity to chat, he writes, the immediate cessation of calls to block sponsorships, which aims to forcibly prevent my candidacy.“The Rebellious candidate suspects the organizers of the popular primary of calling elected officials to deprive him of signatures.
The situation not being complicated enough like that, François Hollande decided to go there too with his comment on the popular primary, Monday evening in front of the students of Sciences Po Paris.
“A note is not a vote. Beyond the number of participants, the popular primary does not change anything, there are always as many candidates and no political line. What do we want to do, what do we wear! » (2/2) pic.twitter.com/AtuTPFMd3H
— Sybil Gerbaud (@SybilGerbaud) January 31, 2022
“A rating is not a vote”, explained the former President of the Republic, it does not create dynamics. And to conclude:That’s why this popular primary does not change anything.”