A great oral to finish convincing: the three candidates for the presidency of the Republicans meet on Saturday at the party headquarters to defend their program one week before the first round.
Five days after their only televised debate, Eric Ciotti, Bruno Retailleau and Aurélien Pradié are expected by the LR National Council – a kind of party parliament – to present, starting at 10 am, their programs to the delegates and respond to your questions. “It is an important moment because the national advisers come to the headquarters, they will physically meet the candidates who will see all three at the same time,” explains Annie Genevard, president of LR. About 400 people are expected.
45 minutes each
This “definitive photograph before the vote” undoubtedly entails “a less stressful subject than a televised debate, but it exists because it can remove hesitations, guide the election…”, adds Annie Genevard, who ensures the transition from the exit of christian jacob. Each will have 45 minutes to divide between speeches and questions and answers. Before the council, the party claims to have received a hundred questions, many of which relate to issues dear to the right: security, immigration and purchasing power.
But “many refer to the organization of the party” and in particular to the method of designating the presidential candidate. Last year, Valérie Pécresse was appointed in December, four months before the first round where she only obtained 4.8% of the vote, and many see the calendar as one of the reasons for the failure. Many questions received also testify to the concern of the activists: how to restructure the party? give the floor to the members? How to win the media match against RN and Nupes?
91,000 members called to vote
In these elections, the deputy from the Alpes-Maritimes Eric Ciotti, whose campaign is affected by a preliminary investigation by the national financial prosecutor’s office into the multiple jobs of his ex-wife, is presented as the favorite with a very firm speech on immigration and security. . But the head of the senators LR Bruno Retailleau, entered the race with the argument of the rally, he also put a lot of emphasis on the sovereign. Lot deputy Aurélien Pradié, general secretary of LR, is a challenger.
The three candidates will multiply the movements in the last line. Eric Ciotti, with the support of Laurent Wauquiez, as well as Aurélien Pradié will be in Provins on Tuesday, at the invitation of Christian Jacob. For this election around 91,000 LR members are invited to vote electronically, with a first round the weekend of December 3 and a second the following if necessary.
Source: BFM TV
