Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, candidate for the post of First Secretary of the PS against Olivier Faure, urged the latter on Sunday to accept the beginning of a new debate before the members’ vote on Thursday, but opposed the end of the no – received by the outgoing First Secretary.
The orientation text of Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, quite critical of the Nupes left-wing alliance, came in second position (30.51%) on Thursday during a first vote by members on the party’s political line, behind Olivier Faure ( 49.15%). who defends the agreement signed in May with LFI, EELV and the PCF.
“I hope that a new debate can be organized,” Rouen’s mayor wrote on Sunday in a letter to the outgoing first secretary.
“In this spirit, I have already accepted the proposal of a television channel to organize such a debate before the vote” next Thursday, continued the Norman elected official, without specifying the name of the media.
Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol explained that he “strongly” hopes that Olivier Faure agrees to discuss, “so that our exchanges take place in front of the greatest number and in the deepest way possible, with clarity, respect for people and sensitivities.” . “.
End of inadmissibility
The answer came on Sunday night, through Pierre Jouvet, spokesman for the PS and close to Olivier Faure, who stressed, in a message to the press, that the outgoing First Secretary “does not seek national notoriety unlike our adversary”. .
Pierre Jouvet points out that on January 6, the candidates already confronted their points of view “during a debate organized by France Télévisions that lasted more than 3 hours”, and that “almost 600 debates” took place, also held in the sections and federations in the last weeks.
And he addresses: “The activists would be interested to know if Nicolás has discussed with Mayer-Rossignol to decide the line he intends to defend.”
“Are you for the union of the left, you wonder, in which case this line is already embodied at the national level Or have you chosen to put yourself in the hands of the Dutch, signing the withdrawal and stepping back of the PS as suggested by the agreement reached ” with the candidate who came in third, the mayoress of Vaulx-en-Velin, Hélène Geoffroy, who obtained 20.34% of the vote.
The latter, which has the support of the PS elephants, called on members to elect Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol next week.
Source: BFM TV
