Legislative: accused of parachuting, the son-in-law of Mélenchon responds

QA few days after the validation of the agreement between LFI, EELV and the PS in view of the legislative elections, the dissatisfied are multiplying. “Surrender”, “shipwreck”, “unnamed infamy”: several elected socialists but also environmentalists loudly declare their dissatisfaction. It gets stuck particularly in some constituencies, former Prime Minister Lionel Jospin coming, for example, to provide noticeable support to the socialist Lamia El Aaraje, “legitimate candidate” in Paris in the 15^and constituency, where she plans to present herself in dissent against the Insoumise Danielle Simonnet, already invested.

In the Rhône, the candidacy of Gabriel Amard, LFI regional councilor and son-in-law of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, annoyed the PS mayor of Villeurbanne. He denounces, like several other local elected officials, a parachuting, which the main interested party defends. Contacted by our colleagues from BFMTV, he explains: “It’s a return to the family fold, my maternal family has lived here since the 19th century.^and century. I live in Villeurbanne, not in Paris. After spending a large part of his political career in Île-de-France, he became regional councilor for the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in 2021.

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A “macho” candidacy

This candidacy is all the more disturbing since the deputy mayor of Villeurbanne for early childhood and the elderly, Cristina Martineau, had been nominated candidate for the left in this constituency. With BFM Lyon, she denounces: “Today, the union of the left makes the choice of nepotism, machismo and parachuting. “Supported by the mayor, she could maintain her candidacy.

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