The left had promised to agree on a name to propose for Matignon at the end of the week. A promise not kept, followed by a weekend of tensions around the proposal of the name of Huguette Bello, president of Réunion, for the post.
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They were supposed to propose a name for prime minister before the end of last week. On Monday, July 15, a new one begins with an impasse. The Huguette Bello option for the post of Prime Minister on the left fizzled out this weekend.
Faced with the refusal of the socialists, the Reunionese woman withdrew from the game on Sunday. The request of Fabien Roussel, the leader of the communists, for an emergency meeting of the party leaders of the New Popular Front has so far remained a dead letter.
It was supposed to be a matter of hours, at most a matter of days. “But the talisman of union is falling”grimaces an elephant of the socialist party. Forced, then, to defend himself: “Accepting Bello meant accepting the control of La France Insoumise”. The socialists reject the proposal of the president of Reunion for the post of Prime Minister. Strong reactions in response on Twitter: “Shame on the chief saboteurs”, says the rebellious MP Danielle Obono on the X network.
In the wake of its good score in the European elections, the Socialist Party is not giving up: it is the “rising political force”. And its first secretary, Olivier Faure, is the candidate “the most legitimate” for Matignon. “Mélenchon’s biological clock stopped in April 2022”; mocks a socialist bigwig. According to him, the rebels are demanding “the big night, the insurrection… To fall with sword drawn, bare chest”.
This division reflects a clash between two conceptions of power, two visions of the country. To decide on a proposed name for the post of Prime Minister, the question of voting arose. “It won’t happen”assures a convinced socialist tenor that “It would reveal terrible fractures”. Yet they are already there.
