Legislative – Raquel Garrido and Alexis Corbière (LFI) are running again despite their ouster

Sn surprise, La France insoumise gets a nice share of the cake from the New Popular Front in Seine-Saint-Denis by fielding candidates in nine of the twelve constituencies in the department. A department where the party of Jean-Luc Mélenchon and its allies (Nupes) had a huge success in the 2022 legislative elections by winning all these constituencies. And a department where LFI also won at the end of the European elections on June 9. It is therefore not surprising that outgoing LFI deputies are reinvested there. This is not, however, the case of Raquel Garrido and Alexis Corbière, the very media outgoing deputies of the 5th and 7th constituencies, who were excluded from the casting in the same way as the outgoing Danielle Simonnet in Paris, revealing internal divisions in the within the party.

This series of evictions caused a lot of ink to flow this weekend and inspired many debates and comments. This eviction “ creates a mess that is not up to the challenge », judged Alexis Corbière on X (ex-Twitter), estimating that “ what Jean-Luc Mélenchon is doing is irresponsible “. “ I am being made to pay for the crime of lèse-Mélenchon. It is very regrettable, at the precise moment when, with the New Popular Front, we embody a new democratic project for the country », reacted on the same social network Raquel Garrido, castigating “ disgusting methods “. She who had already been sanctioned by her party last November.

And the couple has not said their last word, Raquel Garrido and Alexis Corbière having decided, despite everything, to represent themselves. “ I will win this election against the RN and against this rebellious pseudo [Aly Diouara] who is, in the city, an employee of Madame Lagarde at the town hall of Drancy », Tackles the outgoing MP who can count on numerous local supports. Same thing for Alexis Corbière, elected in the first round in 2022, to whom Patrice Bessac, the mayor (PCF) of Montreuil, promised his support “ 1000% “. The fact remains that with face-to-face rebels dispersing its votes in the 5th and 7th constituencies, LFI is not doing a good job.

And La France insoumise does not stop there. But it is the PCF which is paying the price, Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s party having finally decided to present a rebellious candidate in the 4th constituency against the outgoing communist deputy Soumya Bourouaha who was initially to be nominated by the New Popular Front. “ This decision comes after the deliberate choice of the French Communist Party to support several dissident candidates to the New Popular Front agreement in two constituencies in the department », Explains this Monday in a press release Mohamed Awad, the candidate nominated by LFI in the 4th constituency, in reference to Alexis Corbière and Raquel Garrido whose deputy is Abdel Sadi, the mayor (PCF) of Bobigny. “ The leadership of France Insoumise has continually asked the PCF to respect the principle of single candidacy. In vain. We take note of their choice of division », adds the candidate.