The candidate of France unsuitable should, after a validation of the Constitutional Council, be able to participate in its third presidential election.
Le Monde
The candidate of France unsuitable, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, has become the eighth personality to obtain more than 500 presentations – or sponsorships – from elected officials to participate in the presidential election, according to the series of published sponsorships by the Constitutional Council on its website, Thursday, February 24th.
m. Mélenchon has, for the moment, obtained 540 sponsorships in 96 communities, which theoretically assures him to legally participate in the vote on April 12 and 24. The hon. Member for Bouches-du-Rhône immediately congratulated the positive outcome of a laborious process for his third candidacy for the Elysee: “I congratulate the activist teams that have overcome obstacles and blockages to bring together the necessary sponsorships for Our candidacy for the presidential election. I thank cordially the elected officials who made it possible, “wrote on Twitter the candidate since the meeting, where it is moving until February 27 .
For several months of campaign, Jean-Luc Mélenchon claimed the return to the anonymity of citizens authorized to present personalities in the presidential election – in January, he even encouraged the government to put on the debate of the Parliament An organic law amending the current system. In October 2020, the leader of the People’s Union had reported to the National Assembly A bill Panachant sponsorships of elected officials and sponsorships Citizens – She had been rejected.
MM. Dupont-aignan and Zemmour and Ms. Le Pen under the 500
At the approach of the deadline for the receipt of the Constitutional Council sponsorship forms, fixed this year as of 4 March, several declared candidates have not yet obtained the minimum number of signatures. The Sovereignist and Eurosceptic Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (Standing France) brings together 457 sponsorships; The extreme right candidate Eric Zemmour (reconquest!) In the 415 signatures; Its direct competitor, the national rally candidate, Marine Le Pen, obtained 414 presentations, of whom 21 between Tuesday and Thursday, Mon number of declining sponsors continues since February 10th.
The Constitutional Council will verify, between the 4th and 7th March, that the referrals received respect two criteria: they must come from at least thirty departments, and a department must not exceed 10% of the signatures received so that the application be considered valid. The President of the Constitutional Council, Laurent Fabius, will proclaim the final list of candidates on Monday, March 7, about a month before the first round on April 10.