For Manuel Bompard, Bernard Cazeneuve, if appointed, “cannot be considered a left-wing prime minister”
Manuel Bompard, coordinator of La France insoumise, a guest on BFM-TV at Sunday lunchtime, rejects the idea of appointing Bernard Cazeneuve to Matignon, which, according to him, would not respect the result of the legislative elections.
“Bernard Cazeneuve (…) He left the PS when Nupes was formed, then the New Popular Front [NFP]This is not the person who will implement the ideas of the PFN”he insisted. “The NFP was formed by breaking with Hollandism. What allowed the left to unite was the break with the politics led by François Hollande, of whom Bernard Cazeneuve was prime minister; at some point you have to take into account political realities;he added.
For the deputy from Marseille, the former prime minister of François Hollande, if he is appointed“He cannot be considered a left-wing prime minister since he does not have the support of the four left-wing political components in the National Assembly.”
“There is a candidate proposed by the NFP, it is Lucie Castets, if the President of the Republic finally wants to recognise the result of the elections and form a government that will implement a policy in line with the result of the elections, he nominates Lucie Castets. If he nominates Bernard Cazeneuve it is because he wants to do something else.”Bompard considers.
“The feeling we have is that the President of the Republic lost the elections but he wants to continue pulling the strings, and that is not possible”he lashed out again. “When he made the decision to dissolve the National Assembly, he did so betting on the division of the left (…). This prediction was wrong since we formed the NFP. The truth is that the President of the Republic’s only obsession is to try to break up the NFP in order to retain power despite having lost the elections. We can clearly see that Bernard Cazeneuve is undoubtedly a tool in this attempt to break up the NFP.”estimated Mr. Bompard.
“If the President of the Republic persists in not respecting the results of the elections and nominates Matignon over another candidate other than the NFP, there will be a motion of censure, there will be a mobilization and there will be an impeachment procedure.”he threatened.
