Olivier Faure was confirmed this Sunday as the winner of the vote of the deputies to designate the first secretary of the Socialist Party, at the end of a verification commission. But his competitor, Rouen mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, is still questioning the result, AFP has learned from both sides.
According to this commission, in charge of scrutinizing the results of the activists’ vote, Olivier Faure, the outgoing first secretary, won with 51.09% of the votes compared to 48.91% for Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, indicated a press release. from PS.
“A Strong Step”
The mayor of Rouen asks to resume the work of the commission, which “was interrupted” and could not be completed, and accuses his rival of “forced passage”.
A PS press release had proclaimed the victory of the outgoing Olivier Faure on Friday morning, with 50.83% of the votes of the deputies, but the result was immediately challenged by the mayor of Rouen, who invoked numerous incidents capable of to distort the result.
Since then, the match has been plunged into a crisis, with each side claiming victory by punishing the opposing cheats.
Olivier Faure had reaffirmed on Saturday in the JDD having been re-elected during the vote of the militants, “an irresponsible exit” according to his opponent Nicolas Mayer-Rossignolwhile the commission to verify the results was still in process.
Source: BFM TV
