Before he begins his speech formalizing his entry into the campaign for the legislative elections, this Sunday June 16 in Corte, around fifteen minutes have passed. The time, for the outgoing deputy for the second constituency of Haute-Corse Jean-Félix Acquavivato carry out the round of hugs and handshakes that his position requires, on a Place Paoli which was becoming increasingly crowded with people.
A unique electoral campaign in which the candidate, whose victory in 2022 was won by only 156 votes against François Xavier Cecciolipresident of the Les Républicains de Haute-Corse federation and mayor of San Giulianu ensures “having never been so serene because of the challenges and the paths that are clear”.
Surrounded by his known supporters such as the president of the executive Gilles Simeoni, the president of the assembly of Corsica Marie-Antoinette Mauperthuis, the senator of Haute-Corse Paulu Santu Parigi, the mayoress of Ile-Rousse Angèle Bastiani, but also many elected officials from municipalities in the micro-region and from Cortenais came to attend the event, the one who is also president of the Corsican Massif Committee returned to an assessment, which, he said, has always been guided by a mantra : “Act in favor of the exclusive interests of Corsican people and some Corsica.”
A balance sheet which was inevitably introduced by the birth of autonomy process “which followed the assassination ofYvan Colonna and which is today threatened”implying according to the deputy, “a need to take up the challenge, to revive hope and to lead this essential fight that we cannot give up, for the interest of Corsica and for our children”.
Autonomy but not only
After calling back “the battle fought” concerning the Beauvau process, the flagship aspect of the majority, Jean-Félix Acquaviva, then said “aware of the issues linked to precariousness”before calling back “that there is more than autonomy”.
And hastened to list the other major projects on which the party has positioned itself. “We fought on many other social and economic issues, notably opposing pension reformhas unemployment insurancefighting in favor of allowance for disabled adults or even for the tax credit…” he detailed. A way, probably, of deconstructing the image of assimilating the party solely to the process of autonomy and thus demonstrating the position taken on other aspects.
The one who repeatedly hammered his distant position “extremes, the far right and Islamo-leftism”calling on “a choice of clarity, determination and lucidity in a troubled context”finally underlined what he considers to be the major difference between him and his opponents. “Our path is not to be representatives of Parisian parties in Corsica, but representatives of Corsican people in Paris. This is a fundamentally different situation with those who face us today.”
