the PS withdraws in favor of the LFI candidate

The unity of the New Popular Front (NFP) is operating in force in Isère. Amandine Germain, elected socialist in the department, announced on Wednesday November 6 that she was withdrawing from the partial legislative election in Grenoble in favor of the “rebellious” candidate, Lyes Louffok. The elected socialist criticized, in passing, “intransigence” of La France insoumise (LFI) for ” impose “ his candidate.

The seat is vacant in 1^re constituency of Isère since the resignation, on October 9, of former deputy (LFI) Hugo Prévost, accused of sexist and sexual violence. “Keeping this constituency on the left must be the only objective that drives us”declares in a press release Amandine Germain, who had been chosen by local activists of the Socialist Party (PS), against a backdrop of tensions between the NFP forces around this seat.

“The left has no chance of winning this constituency if it is not united”adds the departmental advisor, rallying behind the candidacy of child rights activist Lyes Louffok, “whose career path and commitments I respect”. “I therefore regret the position of La France Insoumise to impose a candidate without listening or prior and local discussion, as well as the intransigence and methods of the LFI political apparatus, which seriously worry me for the future of the union of the left »she adds, however.

Olivier Véran will not campaign again

The profile of Lyes Louffok, who made his first political campaign in Val-de-Marne in the legislative elections of June 30 and July 7, where he was beaten in the second round by the Republican candidate, Sylvain Berrios, is seen by some as an asset. The latter's fight for the rights and protection of children, due to his personal history, appears to be a guarantee after the Hugo Prevost affair.

Tuesday, the former minister of health and former government spokesperson Olivier Véran, described as “the child of the country”, announced that he would not run again in this riding that Hugo Prévost had wrested from him in July . It is his deputy, Camille Galliard-Minier, who will be a candidate to represent the presidential coalition in this partial legislative election, the date of which has not yet been set.

Marine Tondelier, the boss of the Ecologists, has already confirmed that her party would support the LFI candidate. The NFP candidate in Matignon, Lucie Castets, had for a time considered running in this constituency, before giving up. The “rebels” demanded that she sit within their group.