the PS withdraws in favor of LFI and criticizes its “intransigence”

Amandine Germain, elected socialist in Isère, announced that she was withdrawing from the partial legislative election in Grenoble in favor of the Insoumis Lyes Louffok.

Only one objective: “keep this constituency on the left”. Amandine Germain, elected socialist in Isère, announced this Wednesday, November 6, that she was withdrawing from the partial legislative election in Grenoble in favor of the Insoumis Lyes Louffok, while castigating the “intransigence” of LFI to “impose” its candidate. The seat has been vacant in the 1st constituency of Isère since the resignation on October 9 of ex-LFI Hugo Prévost, accused of sexist and sexual violence.

“Keeping this constituency on the left must be the only objective that drives us,” declared Amandine Germain in a press release, who had been chosen by local PS activists against a backdrop of tensions between the forces of the New Popular Front (NFP) in this seat.

“In the current context, 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, nominated by rebellious France.

“I support Lyès Louffok, whose career and commitments I respect,” she writes while not sparing her criticism of her party.

Agreement and criticism

“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.”

The day before, the former Minister of Health and former government spokesperson Olivier Véran had announced that he would not run again in this constituency that Hugo Prévost, 25, 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, within the framework of the NFP constituency distribution agreement. The NFP candidate in Matignon, Lucie Castets, had for a time considered running in this constituency, before giving up. The Insoumis demanded that she sit within their group.