Guest of France 3, this Sunday, June 16, Jean-Luc Mélenchon defended himself from any “purge” in the ousting of rebellious figures, such as Raquel Garrido and Alexis Corbière, in the race for the legislative elections.
“And me, am I complaining about being purged?” In Sunday in Politics, Jean-Luc Mélenchon returned to the accusations of “purge” to which he is the subject after certain former historical rebellious deputies were sidelined from the next legislative elections.
“I’m not a candidate. I could have, it could have been interesting [d’être candidat]. But since there are a hundred fewer constituencies, there are none for me. And I’m not coming here to cry and shout insults. Everyone must make the effort to say: ‘The New Popular Front first, victory first, my person afterwards. This is my case,’” he explained on France 3.
“We’re talking about a purge. But finally if the people who have a disagreement with the great leader were not invested, we would not have invested François Ruffin, who had very harsh words towards me, nor Clémentine Autain”, he added.
“They did not protest in 2017 or 2022”
“Neither Ms. Garrido nor Mr. Corbière protested in 2017 or 2022 when our council nominated them and parachuted them into constituencies where there were other candidates from the field. So I don’t see why we would have a nomination system for life”, Jean-Luc Mélenchon reacted again.
On the night of Friday June 14 to Saturday June 15, France Insoumise communicated the list of nominations for the legislative elections. Alexis Corbière, Danielle Simonnet, as well as Raquel Garrido (Seine-Saint-Denis), Hendrik Davi (Bouches-du-Rhône) and Frédéric Mathieu (Ille-et-Vilaine) are not included in this list.
Alexis Corbière and Raquel Garrido, Danielle Simonnet, as well as Hendrik Davi in Marseille, assure that they are still candidates in their constituencies, even though they have not been invested by France Insoumise.
Clement Boutin Journalist BFMTV
