The socialist denounces a “betrayal of commitments” by François Bayrou who, in each of his three presidential campaigns, “said that we had to ‘put an end to the accumulation of mandates'”.
Published on 18/12/2024 09:07
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The accumulation of mandates of François Bayrou, mayor of Pau and Prime Minister, “borders on indecency”It is “outdated and out of date”estimates the former Prime Minister and former PS mayor of Nantes Jean-Marc Ayrault, guest of France Bleu Loire Océan on Wednesday December 18.
“It is not at all tenable, and even, I would say, it borders on indecency. At a time when we are experiencing this terrible humanitarian disaster in Mayotte live, there”the Prime Minister “takes the state plane to go to the Pau municipal council while having a video meeting with the crisis unit”critic Jean-Marc Ayrault.
For him, who has been Prime Minister and Mayor, these two very demanding functions are not compatible: “I can tell you from experience that when you are Prime Minister, you cannot take care of a town hall, whatever its size and even less that of a large city”. He believes that there is “a question of decency”. He recalls that he was “deputy mayor for a long time and therefore I also saw the limit” of the accumulation of mandates. He has “As Prime Minister, he votes for a reform which prohibits the accumulation of a local executive mandate, therefore mayor, deputy or vice-president, president, president of department and parliamentarian. And I think that that is healthy”.
Jean-Marc Ayrault maintains that an elected “can be municipal councilor, departmental councilor, regional councilor and parliamentarian, the law does not prohibit it”. He finds François Bayrou’s argument “outdated, out of date”. He finally thinks that “It’s a betrayal of his own commitments, because when you look at all his statements during each presidential campaign, he made three and each time, he said ‘we must put an end to the accumulation of mandates’. And here we are when he is at the head of government, he wants to do the opposite”deplores Jean-Marc Ayrault.
