“There was no pressure on anyoneto prevent Christiane Taubira from being sponsored, said PS first secretary Olivier Faure on Thursday, February 17, who “wishto get them.
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“Christiane Taubira is a friend, she is a great figure on the left, I absolutely do not wish her misfortune, quite the contrary“, he said on France 2, assuring to wish “so that she can find her signaturesof elected officials to validate his presidential candidacy. On Tuesday, the former Keeper of the Seals had only 73 sponsorships, out of the 500 needed. She has until March 4 to find them.
The latter and her team have been saying for several days that the PS is pressuring elected officials to prevent her from having her signatures. “Absolutely not“, repeated Olivier Faure. “There are 40,000 people who can give a signature. Do not ask the socialists, who have a candidate and who chose her“, he insisted. “On the other hand, of the 40,000, I imagine that Christiane Taubira will find her signatures“, he added. The Guyanese candidate notably affirmed that the PS had put pressure on the Radical Left Party (PRG), which supported her but put itself “set backof his campaign since Monday. “Call the president of the PRG and ask him if at any time I was able to put pressure on him. He will tell you no.“, assured Olivier Faure.