“Who could be the most consensual?” asks a political scientist about the presidency

The President of the National Assembly is elected if he obtains an absolute majority of votes during the first two rounds of voting. Otherwise, the candidate who came first in the third round is elected. This voting method raises a question since “This opens up the scenario that the president of the National Assembly elected in the third round will be elected with a minority”explains Emmanuel Rivière, political scientist, lecturer at the University of Paris 1/Sciences Po, guest of 11/13 info, Thursday July 18.

According to him, “the legislative ballot, in its current form (…) fails to achieve the main virtue attributed to it, that is to say, to automatically produce majorities”. “The question that might arise is who could be the most consensual?”he asks. In this case, a candidate from the centre could be favoured, “which would create a kind of continuity with the outgoing presidency, which is a bit problematic”says Emmanuel Rivière.