François Hollande’s candidacy is “fairly incoherent”, judge Manuel Bompard

François Hollande’s candidacy in Corrèze is “fairly incoherent” and “curious”judge “personally” Manuel Bompard, national coordinator of La France insoumise and outgoing deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône, on franceinfo Monday June 17. “I think it is quite contrary to the program that we are carrying” to the New Popular Front, but he qualifies, “it’s the choice of the Socialist Party.”

The national coordinator of LFI does not “will not contest because it is the principle of this electoral coalition”. The left-wing parties that make up the New Popular Front have agreed to propose “single applications” in the 577 French constituencies. “In the same way that I hope that political partners do not question the choice of our candidates, I will not do it for my partners”, says Manuel Bompard. A message addressed to the national secretary of the Ecologists, Marine Tondelier or even to the first secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, who gave their support to Danielle Simonnet, Raquel Garrido and Alexis Corbière. These three figures from La France insoumise were not invested by the party, to their great surprise. They maintain their candidacies in their respective constituencies.

Monday evening, two Insoumis rebellious Clémentine Autain and François Ruffin, as well as the bosses of the PS, the PCF and EELV Olivier Faure, Fabien Roussel and Marine Tondelier, must meet at a meeting at 7 p.m. in Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis ) in the constituency of Alexis Corbière. “I am not in charge of the investitures of La France insoumise, but for me, there is no hesitation, I support Raquel Garrido”, “the one who has always followed in the footsteps of all the great republicans, from Jaurès to today”, said Olivier Faure on franceinfo. The first secretary of the PS “contest” also the candidacy of Raphaël Arnault, anti-fascist activist with “S” file, invested by LFI in the first constituency of Vaucluse. “There too, there is a candidate facing him who embodies the values ​​of the New Popular Front and it is for him that I call to vote. It is Philippe Pascal”. Manuel Bompard is a candidate for re-election in the fourth constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône. The department prefecture had not yet revealed the full list of candidates on Monday morning.