The nationalist candidate believes that the rule of 500 non-anonymous sponsorships is “a democratic scandal”.
Will Éric Zemmour have the 500 sponsorships that will allow him to participate in the presidential election? Asked about this on Europe 1, the nationalist candidate replied that at present, his teams had recorded “nearly»300 sponsorship pledges. A figure which is according to him at the same time high, because his party, Reconquest !, does not have “no elected“, but also “nothing“,”because it takes 500“Or”600 or 700 because people retract at the last moment“.
According to him, “there was a perversion of the original law“On the sponsorships by François Hollande during the previous mandate”by making public the names of mayors»Deciding to grant their signature. “It’s a democratic scandal», He believes.
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A “pool” of signatures
Éric Zemmour therefore proposes to the Association of Mayors of France (AMF), through its president, David Lisnard, the mayor of Cannes – “a remarkable person, a democrat“- the creation within this organization of a”signature pool“. This pool would allow the association to register pledges of sponsorship from mayors who would then be given to candidates in need.
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According to him, setting up such an initiative would help candidates credited with at least “5% / 8%»To obtain their sponsorships without the mayors being accused of having given his signature to this or that suitor. “General de Gaulle instituted this measure to avoid fools (…) It was 100 signatures, we went up to 500, at the limit I can understand, but in this case, it is necessary as before that it is secret», Concludes Éric Zemmour.
We do not change “the rules 100 days before the election”
Statements to which the AMF responded, via a press release from its chairman, David Lisnard. While greeting “the consideration“Made to his organization, the city councilor recalls that the”definition of the rule of sponsorship of presidential candidates is the sole legislative responsibility, therefore the competence of the government and Parliament“. “The AMF is an association which never gives a directive to its members“, Also recalls the city councilor of Cannes, who adds that the mayors are not the only ones elected to be able to sponsor the candidates.
The organization specifies, however, that it wants the government to “make known its approach and possible intentions on this issue“. “It is not satisfactory that with the approach of each presidential election our democracy finds itself confronted with the same questions and that the mayors are called into question.“, Judge David Lisnard, specifying that questions about the possible evolution of these rules must be put on the table”at the start of the five-year term“.
“There is an established practice of not changing the rules 100 days before an election», He specifies to Eric Zemmour. Finally, the president of the association nevertheless evokes several avenues that could be studied in the future, among which “the return to anonymity of sponsorships“Or the possibility for elected officials”grant two sponsorships“.
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