The candidate for leadership of the PLQ Denis Coderre was stung by the reaction of liberal elected officials regarding his record at Montreal town hall. “He who is not worth a laughing stock is not worth much,” replied MP Marwah Rizqy.
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“I don’t need to go to Thetford Mines to talk about the caucus,” said the former mayor of Montreal on a community radio station on Wednesday.
“A little less laughter on my assessment of Montreal would be nice because I think we contributed to the rebirth of Montreal. We have it scraped afterwards, but it’s not my fault and I think we’ve been able to talk since I’ve been here and my administration has been able to talk about corruption and all that, we’ve cleaned up,” he continued. , in a bitter tone.
Visibly piqued, the former mayor of Montreal recalled that Marwah Rizqy, who responded with a frank laugh when she was questioned about Mr. Coderre’s record as mayor, lost “two elections” at the federal level – in fact she came second in Hochelaga in 2015, and second in a Liberal nomination in 2017 – before agreeing that she is a good MP.
He then invited “everyone” to show “a little respect”.
Asked to react, MP Marwah Rizqy said: “he who is not worth a laughing stock is not worth much”.
She assures that she did not want to offend Mr. Coderre, whom she describes, without laughing, as a “great man”.
Mr. Coderre also announced that he will begin a tour of Quebec, and he invited all those interested to run for the leadership to avoid “a race by coronation.” In his enthusiasm, he recalled his qualities as an organizer, emphasizing that he was once called “terminator” because he “went everywhere”.