The body rejected her candidacy, arguing that she had taken over her card too late to put herself on the ranks. A decision qualified as “maneuver” by the candidate.
Le Monde with AFP
The old number two of the Republicans (LR) Virginie Calmels had announced to Figaro his candidacy for the Party Presidency. But the High Authority of LR decided to reject, Monday, August 29, its candidacy, arguing that she had resumed her card too late to put herself on the ranks.
“Can only be candidates for the party’s presidency that members up to date with the contribution to July 22, 2022. Unless the party’s services, such was not your case,” said the president of the High Authority, Henri de Beauregard, in a letter to M me calm that the agency France-Presse (AFP) was able to consult.
“Also, after consultation with the High Authority, I tell you that your application does not appear admissible,” he added, explaining that “it was not found any reason to lead to rule out the application of the rule “. The deadline of July 22 is in an electoral guide, validated in a political bureau on July 19, “and immediately put online on the movement’s website”, recalls the mail.
“to clean up a party that needs! “
M calmls immediately denounced “maneuvers” aimed at “avoiding” his candidacy which “shakes up a well -oiled scenario written in advance”. “These attempts to prevent my candidacy only strengthen my determination to clean up a party that needs it!”, She said in a statement, announcing a formal notice from her lawyer to the High Authority. “I am well aware that my profile as a woman entrepreneur who does not live from politics disturbs,” she adds, also regretting not being able to speak at the back-to-school campus of young LRs, the 3 And September 4 in Angers, “while the other candidate declared Eric Ciotti will participate in a round table”. M Calmels had announced his candidacy on August 23, on a “balanced” line and “to the epicenter of the various LR currents”.
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Representative of liberal sensitivity within the right party, M me calm had been dismissed from his number two post in June 2018 by Laurent Wauquiez, then president of the party, and in open conflict with her. The former director general of Endemol Monde then excluded himself from politics, joining in 2019 the luxury real estate group Barnes, before launching a digital school in 2020.
The election of the president of LR is scheduled for the weekend of December 3. Potential candidates have until October 3 to deposit their sponsorships. The deputy of the Alpes -Maritimes Eric Ciotti and the mayor of Orleans, Serge Grouard -who pleaded for a “government agreement” with the presidential majority -are already candidates. The deputy for the Aurélien Pradié lot could also arise, on a more social line.