“Unacceptable anti-democratic coup”, call for a “major popular mobilization”, “dangerous democratic irresponsibility”: the left revolted on Monday, August 26 against Emmanuel Macron’s decision to exclude the option of a left-wing government led by Lucie Castets, in the name of “institutional stability”. Who has planned new consultations starting tomorrow, Tuesday, August 27, according to a press release from the Élysée.
“This is a completely unacceptable anti-democratic coup de force, which is based on an argument that makes no sense,” Manuel Bompard said on BFMTVassuring that they would “not participate in a new attempt at consultation.”
“The President of the Republic does not recognise the result of the universal suffrage which placed the New Popular Front at the top of the vote, stated the press release from La France Insoumise. He refuses to appoint Lucie Castets as Prime Minister. Under these conditions, The impeachment motion will be presented by the rebellious deputies to the office of the National Assembly in accordance with Article 68 of the Constitution. And Any proposal for a Prime Minister other than Lucie Castets will be subject to a motion of censure.”
Furthermore, LFI called for “a firm response from French society against the incredible abuse of autocratic power of which it is the victim”. “The rebellious movement proposes that marches for respect for democracy take place, we can read. It expresses the wish that All organizations committed to democracy unite to confront and force the president to recognize the election result.
“A situation of exceptional gravity,” according to Mélenchon
On X (formerly Twitter), the rebellious leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon judged that the President of the Republic had just “create a situation of exceptional gravity”calling for a “rapid and firm popular and political response.”
He also specified that “a motion of impeachment will be filed” against the head of state, as he had threatened to do last week.
On BFMTV, the leader of the communists Fabien Roussel called for his part for “a large popular mobilization” in “the coming days”. And he continued: “We will have to mobilize in front of the prefecturesin city centres”, also refusing to participate in new consultations “if it is to ask us to form a government that would continue the policy of the outgoing government. “They don’t want that to change, there is no point in us coming”, he added.
For the leader of the Ecologists, Marine Tondelier, “invoking stability when we have dissolved without any consultation and we refuse the result of an election for which the French have never been so numerous to turn out is a dangerous democratic irresponsibility”.
“We will continue to fight to respect the will of the French people. : three quarters of them want a political break with Macronism,” she continued on X.
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