Justice on Friday validated on appeal the agreement concluded between the PS and the new alliance of the left (Nupes), reversing the decision of the judge in chambers of Créteil who had ruled that the PS had not respected the statutes of the party for enter into this agreement.
Seized by four members, the judge in chambers had considered that the agreement of the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes), concluded by the PS on May 6 with LFI, EELV and the PCF, should “have been the subject of “a national convention”, and had ordered the PS to organize one within thirty days. He prohibited him in this expectation from “taking advantage of the Nupes agreement”. After this decision, which fell on Tuesday evening, the PS had appealed, passed into emergency procedure on Thursday.
In the decision handed down Friday afternoon, of which AFP had a copy, the court of appeal ruled that “the manifest violation of the statutes is not established”, nor “the manifestly illicit disorder”, and “infirm” the order of the judge in chambers.
“The consultation of the federations and the ratification by a national convention do not constitute a condition of validity of the agreement in question”, considers the court, which also notes that “in the case of legislative elections, the level of designation is either the national convention or the national office”.
“It’s good news that things are clarified”, welcomed the number 2 of the PS Corinne Narassiguin to AFP, regretting that the procedure brought had “thrown trouble on the Nupes agreement”, a few days of the legislative elections of 12 and 19 June.
The end of “useless polemics”
The plaintiffs’ goal was “well to delegitimize the deal and protect dissenting candidates” opposed to the deal, she said. “But the agreement is fully valid and legitimate and it puts an end to unnecessary controversy,” added Corinne Narassiguin.
The applicants, four members who are not candidates for the legislative elections and who have no responsibilities in the authorities of the PS, had asked for a ban on taking advantage of the Nupes to prevent the exclusion of members of the PS presenting themselves outside Nupes nomination. About 60 people are in this situation.