Renunciation
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For lack of sponsorships, the former Keeper of the Seals announced this Wednesday the end of his candidacy. Supported by the Popular Primary, it failed to unite the left.
And Christiane Taubira went to the evidence. Four months almost to the day after entering the presidential arena, the former Keeper of the Seals summoned the press this Wednesday at midday to “put an end to the useless suspense”. The Guyanese will not go further: “Despite the very strong mobilization of the “Taubira 2022” collectivesome popular Primary volunteers […] it is obvious that we will not collect the 500 sponsorships necessary to compete in the presidential election”, she admitted. It is that three days before the deadline – this Friday at 6 p.m. – the now ex-candidate is far from the mark with only 181 signatures collected according to the last score of the Constitutional Council. The former MP would therefore have been disqualified in any case.
A little less than a month ago – an eternity – Taubira presented his program on ecology in the same room in the 10th arrondissement. Asked about the question of sponsorships which was already arising, the candidate then overplayed confidence. “Is it a sour…