The Party for the Presidency of the Republicans between Bruno Retilleau and Laurent Wauquiez practically tripled the number of party members: there will be 121,617 to be able to decide between the two candidates during a congress in mid -May, the game said on Wednesday, April 30, in a statement.
“High authority has arrested the electoral list that includes 121,617 people,” the game said almost two weeks after the deadline on April 17 of the deadline to join and be able to vote on May 17 and 18.
This organism, which is responsible for the organization of the ballot, said it had carried out the verifications of these memberships “in consultation” with the teams of the two candidates.
43,859 members in mid -February
After having approached the disappearance a year after the alliance between their former president Éric Ciotti and the RN, the Republicans only had 43,859 members a day with the beginning of the campaign in mid -February.
This multiplication of activists, which causes the vote to be uncertain, is a classic to the right where the internal elections often lend to the controversy, of the result of the chief war in 2012 between François Fillon and Jean -françois copied in the appearance of a fictional dog: Douglas, registered in the primary of 2021.
The search for new members was a priority in each camp: Laurent Wauquiez undertook a Tour de France to meet them.
Bruno Retailleau, whose functions of Minister have left him less time to overcome the campaign, took advantage of the visibility that benefits Beauvau to try to convince LR voters who left for macronism or the extreme right of returning to the fold.
Source: BFM TV
