“How could we imagine the fourth man in the 2017 presidential election absent in 2022 due to a lack of signatures?”. The question immediately marks the feverishness of party executives in the Alpes-Maritimes. No mayor of the department sponsors the candidate Mélenchon for the time being, and fifteen days before the deadline.
7 mayors sponsored Mélenchon in 2017
Yet Jean-Luc Mélenchon had been able to count on seven mayors on the Riviera in 2017. But the mayors of Contes (Francis Tujague) and Touët-de-l’Escarène will not be there this time. They confirm to France Bleu Azur to sponsor Fabien Roussel. Because the Communist Party has a candidate in 2022 unlike the two previous presidential elections where the party had chosen to support Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
“They came out of their coffin and turned their backs on us” a rebel at France Bleu Azur.
This candidacy apart does not pass, especially since Jean-Luc Mélenchon must also face the anger of the supporters of the popular primary. They had asked elected officials to block the sponsorship of Jean-Luc Mélenchon because the rebellious does not support the process.
Support from a left-wing personality
And yet Jean-Luc Mélenchon is still the favorite on the left (10% of the votes in the voting intentions). So some left-wing personalities join him. Like Geneviève Legay, a Nice activist injured during a police charge at Place Garibaldi in Nice in 2019. She joined the Union Populaire. Other supporters may follow. Since behind the scenes a Riviera support platform is being prepared. Personalities from public life, from the trade union or associative world should commit themselves within a few days for Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
A meeting this Tuesday evening in Nice
Finally, a meeting is also planned for this Tuesday evening at 6:30 p.m. at the Laure Ecard room (Boulevard Saint Roch). Will be present the deputies Eric Coquerel Ugo Bernalicis and Bénédicte Taurine.