Nearly six months after having garnered the worst scores in the history of the Parti Québécois, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is not only “still alive”, he is garnering almost unanimous support from supporters of the sovereignist formation.
The PQ leader amassed 98.5% of the vote on Saturday in his vote of confidence at the congress of members of the political party. It is the best result in such an exercise in the history of the party; more than Pauline Marois in 2011 (93.1%), than Jean-François Lisée in 2017 (92.8%), or even Jacques Parizeau in 1991 (92%).
The crowd was visibly captivated. In the morning, it’s to the sound of the song Still alive by Gerry Boulet and to thunderous applause he entered the delegates’ room at the 18th PQ convention.
The support of the Quebec population for the training led by “PSPP” fell again in the last general election. Less than 15% of voters gave their vote to the PQ in 2022, compared to 17% in 2018. Result: the party can only count on three deputies in the National Assembly.
Never mind, “it’s very interesting what is happening right now in the Parti Québécois,” said St-Pierre Plamondon on Saturday. Despite the election results, the party is “the second political force in Quebec,” he said during a press briefing.
“It’s been two polls in a row that we’ve been second,” he remarked, a week and a half after the publication of a Léger-The duty which grants 18% of the voting intentions to the PQ, against 17% for Québec solidaire and 14% for the Liberal Party of Quebec.
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