Vincent Marissal does not only make a cross on the race for spokesperson in Québec Solidaire, but he also seriously considers that he does not represent himself in 2026. The deputy of Rosemont even reads a position of “commentator” or “animator”.
For the elected representative, “there are a thousand reasons” which would make sure that he leaves political life next year. “I’m going to be 60 years old in 2026,” he said in the National Assembly Thursday. I’m going to have been eight years here. […] I may have a taste for doing something else, going back to my old loves. »»
Become a journalist again? Impossible given its transition to politics, launched the ex-parliamentary corresser of the Soleil and The press. But “commentator, animator …”? Nothing is excluded, he hinted at a few minutes before the questions. “I wouldn’t hate it teaching university. You know, I’m looking at the options. »»
One thing is certain. Vincent Marissal will not be on the starting line to replace Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois as a male spokesperson for Québec Solidaire.
-“I am quite intuitive in life, when I do things. Then I don’t see myself there, ”he replied to the tac to a journalist on Thursday.
For the moment, three deputies have publicly claimed to be in reflection on the race for the spokesperson: Etienne Grandmont, Alexandre Leduc and Sol Zanetti. The temporary spokesperson, Guillaume Cliche-Rivard, has de facto abandoned this idea-his interim status prohibits him from embarking on the race.
Elected for the first time in 2018, then again in 2022, Vincent Marissal worked in the media world as a journalist, parliamentary correspondent, assistant to the information director, then political columnist.
He had not excluded, in the last months, the possibility of embarking on the race for the town hall of Montreal, but he abandoned this idea in March. In a letter published in The presshe then said he had difficulty imagining to leave his post as a deputy before 2026, not being “independent of fortune” and feeling “liable” to the voters of his constituency.
