Discontent is growing within La France insoumise (LFI) since the announcement of the “new coordination” of the movement that will be led by Manuel Bompard. After criticism from various personalities not retained within the leadership, the Bouches-du-Rhône deputy tried to prevent any start of fire.
Asked this Monday by France Inter, the rebel strategist defended “a coordination that has been renewed at 50%”, with, for example, “figures that joined very recently as part of the presidential and legislative campaigns”. He sees a “willingness to open up.”
“Silence Criticism”
However, the pill has not passed. Clémentine Autain and François Ruffin, not retained in this new direction – like other executives such as Alexis Corbière or Éric Coquerel – have expressed their discontent. These two personalities are used to digging their wake within LFI and wanted to make their unique voice heard within the movement.
Clementine Autain is on the cover of Release this Monday. The member of Seine-Saint-Denis gives a river interview to the newspaper. According to her, the new leadership was “elected by co-optation, which favors courtiers and helps silence critics.” Jean-Luc Mélenchon had very little taste for this outlet. After Clémentine Autain shared her interview on Facebook, the LFI leader left a comment that was as significant as it was pithy:
“All front page to get dirty.”
François Ruffin had also reacted the day before. “It saddens me a little that more than an enlargement, we have a contraction,” lamented the deputy of the Somme in LCI.
“Rich Trouble”
Regarding France Inter, Manuel Bompard responded to his two colleagues from the National Assembly. For him, “that certain people who want to be members of this operational management are not, is a problem for the rich.”
Si l’insoumis ne dit “à personne de se taire” et reconnaît qu’il est “nécessaire qu’on puisse avoir des cadres d’échange”, he insists: “Si on peut éviter d’étaler ces discussions sur la place publique , is better.”
Manuel Bompard also responded to a France Inter listener who told him that he was not chosen to lead the LFI. He defended a “movement that is not a traditional party” and whose “forms of designation are not the same as the others.” However, “that does not mean that they are less collective or less democratic,” defended the rebel.
“I think tempers are heating up a bit”
Manuel Bompard cited an example:
“We have a sector with all the people who are involved in supporting social mobilizations […] They met, they proposed their two representatives in our coordination of the spaces of the movement”.
According to him, “the quality of operation of a political organization is also evaluated in relation to its electoral results.” “And at this point, when we compare ourselves, we really don’t have to worry about it,” he added.
I’m not sure this is enough to defuse tensions for the foreseeable future. When asked about BFMTV, LFI MEP Manon Aubry summed up her people’s situation in a beautiful understatement: “I think tempers are heating up a bit.”
Source: BFM TV
