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André Chassaigne
Communist André Chassaigne speaks from the National Assembly on July 17, 2024, after being designated as the sole candidate for the seat by the NFP.
(FRANCEINFO)
“We have a collective legitimacy to preside” over this chamber, the MP declared on Wednesday on behalf of the NFP.
The communist André Chassaigne has been chosen as the sole candidate by the New Popular Front to preside over the National Assembly, he himself announced on Wednesday, July 17, from the Four Columns slab of the Palais-Bourbon. “We have a collective legitimacy to preside” this hemicycle, declared André Chassaigne on behalf of the NFP, while recalling that the left-wing coalition came first in the last legislative elections.
The 74-year-old MP for Puy-de-Dôme wants to focus on “social emergency” and judges that “France is damaged”. Today there is “a lot of waiting” in the country, he also noted. The elected official is a regular in the chamber, where he has sat continuously since 2002. He has notably worked in favour of the revaluation of small agricultural pensions.
The deputies must elect their president on Thursday, starting at 3 p.m., by secret ballot. André Chassaigne will face, among others, the outgoing Macronist president, Yaël Braun-Pivet, the RN deputy Sébastien Chenu, the Horizons candidate Naïma Moutchou, the elected LR Annie Genevard and the centrist Charles de Courson, from the independent Liot group.
In the first and second rounds, an absolute majority of votes cast is required to be elected President of the National Assembly. However, a third round will probably be necessary, due to the disparate composition of the chamber.
