From left to right, the first city in Picardy Wallonia shifted this Sunday. Tournai will now be governed by a center-right college led by Marie-Christine Marghem, despite the 15 seats obtained by the PS. A decrease of barely 1.11% for the Socialists compared to 2018 which will lead them into opposition. A situation that Paul-Olivier Delannois deplored last night on our microphone.
“I made a remarkable score. We have 15 seats, it’s fantastic. But obviously the other parties forget all that. I suppose it’s the new participatory democracy. Terms that they often use. We also have had a whole series of people on the phone who said they were going to play with us and who ultimately didn’t. They didn’t even care about the outcome of the elections. post. I congratulate them.”
Would the MR have ignored the will of the voter? For Marie-Christine Marghem, this is not the case.
“In this long experience of 30 years of municipal life, I twice scored first in the city and twice we were relegated to the opposition. To speak of a democratic signal being flouted, I find it strange This is the reaction of someone who does not understand the democratic logic of alternation. We form a majority which corresponds to the voter’s signal since in this alliance two parties have increased in terms of seats.
“I also want to say that the PS never called us all evening” adds the new mayor of Tournai. “I find it peculiar that Paul-Olivier Delannois deplores the fact of not having been called up. It depends on who feels they should or can play. Here there is really a democratic signal being given and this corresponds to the signal given by the Tournaisiens .”
T.D.
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