“Huguette Bello remains the right solution” for the post of Prime Minister, assures Eric Coquerel

The left-wing alliance, which came out on top in the early parliamentary elections, has still not managed to agree on a candidate for the post of Prime Minister.

“Huguette Bello remains the right solution”assures Tuesday July 23 on franceinfo Eric Coquerel, deputy of La France insoumise and president of the finance commission at the National Assembly while the parties of the New Popular Front cannot agree on a name for Matignon. The economist Laurence Tubiana threw in the towel noting the opposition of LFI to his nomination. Huguette Bello, president of the Regional Council of La Réunion, also rejected the offer.

However, Eric Coquerel praises the qualities of this representative from overseas: “She is a woman who has experience as a parliamentarian, who has experience in the executive branch, who is involved in anti-racist struggles. Finally, it is a big advantage that she comes from overseas. It would be the first time that we would have a female Prime Minister from overseas.”he explained. The MP believes that it would be difficult for Emmanuel Macron to challenge it.

The socialists have asked for a vote by the deputies of the four groups of the New Popular Front to come up with a name. “This is not the right method,” said Eric Coquerel. “We need consensus first”he pleaded. “A consensus does not necessarily mean that the four parties agree on a name, it means that none of them oppose this name”he stressed.

Eric Coquerel assures that negotiations continue: “They took place yesterday evening. They will take place again today.”he assures. For its part, the Socialist Party, irritated by the left’s procrastination, has given Tuesday as a deadline for agreeing on a name: “It’s his decision”he said. The LFI deputy concedes that“We need to find a name quickly, but let’s not necessarily get stuck on a date. If we find one today, that’s great, if we find one in the coming days, that’s great too.”

Emmanuel Macron, while visiting the Olympic village yesterday Monday, called for a “Olympic and political truce”in order to put the crisis the country is going through on hold. “It is not desirable”rejects Eric Coquerel. According to him, the Olympic Games cannot be “an erasure of life in the country”He sees this as a strategy on the part of the President of the Republic: “It’s a way for Emmanuel Macron to not recognize the result of universal suffrage. That poses a problem for me. I think that democracy is still a little more important than the Olympic Games.”he says.