Justice declared LR’s third attempt to exclude Éric Ciotti inadmissible

The Paris judicial court declared inadmissible on Thursday in summary proceedings the third attempt by LR to exclude its president Éric Ciotti, who has entered into an electoral alliance with the RN, rejecting the party’s request to appoint a representative. to this to replace him. The court, seized via an emergency procedure, rejected the request signed by 703 members of the National Council of the Republicans, who demanded the appointment of a proxy to this if Éric Ciotti does not convene a new political office before Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. “It appears from reading the table (…) that this number in reality includes very many unsigned letters (and) that no verification of the payment of contributions by the signatories was carried out”observe le tribunal.

“He’s tied hand and foot anyway.”

In a press release sent to AFP, LR took «act» of the court decision, which he interprets as “a refusal to interfere in urgent political matters”considering that she “does not decide anything on the merits”. “Mr. Ciotti’s refusal to recognize the evidence that his place is no longer among the Republicans, and his strategy of judicial obstruction will not prevent us from continuing our campaign throughout France for the qualification of our candidates for the second round »he adds.

Two days after the dissolution of the National Assembly, Eric Ciotti announced to everyone’s surprise an electoral alliance with the National Rally for the legislative elections, taking with him only one of the group’s 61 deputies. “In any case, he is tied hand and foot. He can’t do anything.”explained to AFP a party official who recalls that Mr. Ciotti’s candidates registered under the name of his micro-party “To the right”. The party leadership has already summoned two political offices to exclude its president, but the courts ordered the suspension of these decisions on June 14. “until a final decision (on the) merits is rendered”.