Québec solidaire is the perfect incarnation of political self-sabotage. Ungovernable. Not because his ideas are revolutionary or because he defies convention, but because he is trapped in a model of governance that resembles group therapy more than a political party.
We are talking here about a party which has chained itself to such a horizontal structure that it has banned essential concepts such as accountability, responsibility or – get this – leadership. The leaders, or rather the “spokespeople”, are reduced to simple megaphones of the militant base, which, radical or not, arrogates to itself all the decision-making powers. A real leader? Forget it. At QS, we don’t lead; we are directed.
The Haroun Bouazzi case is a striking demonstration of this. Solidarity deputies, instead of representing their voters – you know, these people who really elected them – transform themselves into ambassadors of dogmatic activists. The mission? Ensure that no one deviates one iota from the ideological line defined by these activists, under penalty of internal reprisals. The result? Total paralysis. These elected officials fear the wrath of their base more than the disapproval of the electorate. Silence becomes their refuge, and their role as elected officials is reduced to that of political puppets, bound hand and foot.
And now we are witnessing the slow-motion implosion of this party. The turn attempted – or should I say, hoped for – by Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois (GND) is a bitter failure. Deprived of any real authority, spokespersons no longer know what to say, what ideas to defend, or even how to maintain a semblance of credibility. Every word is scrutinized, every gesture is analyzed by a militant base ready to draw at the slightest misstep.
My colleague Emmanuelle Latraverse is right: GND should slam the door. Not because he is incapable, but because he is condemned to failure in a structure that makes leadership impossible. It would be the best thing for his credibility and his future.
Because ultimately, let’s be honest: how could a party incapable of managing its own internal quarrels claim to govern Quebec? Imagine for a moment Quebec united in power. What would we do with the principles of ministerial accountability and government responsibility? Who would make the decisions: the Council of Ministers or an endless vote of the Assembly of Activists?
Québec solidaire wanted to reinvent politics. What he reinvented was the art of self-destruction.
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