The president of the UDI Jean-Christophe Lagarde, weakened by legal problems, announced to members of his party on Wednesday that he was leaving office and that his successor would be elected on December 10, in a letter that could be consulted by AFP. .
This decision is “painful for me, but necessary for everyone” because “I am not in a position to effectively preside over our political movement,” explains the president of the UDI in this letter, calling into question a “judicial emergence.” . ..) carefully prepared” against him.
“I am forced to see that I can no longer express myself in public to convey our message, our ideas, our project as I have been doing at your side for 8 years,” he adds.
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Jean-Christophe Lagarde, 54, convened a National Table on Tuesday that approved this decision, as well as that of “convening an early Congress that will be responsible for electing a new president on December 10.”
Defeated in the legislative elections in June by Raquel Garrido (LFI) in Seine-Saint-Denis after four consecutive terms, Jean-Christophe Lagarde had quickly retired from his duties at the head of the UDI, whose presidency he had delegated to Senator Hervé Marseille . , without formally abandoning his post.
In March 2021, the now former head of the UDI was made available to the police after the discovery of several weapons at his home by the police, called due to a family dispute.
In addition, one of his former collaborators was charged in early September in the investigation into the magazine’s false accusations. Point having signed up, during the campaign, with the LFI deputies Raquel Garrido and Alexis Corbière.
Source: BFM TV
