Thibaud Hue, edited by Solène Leroux
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12:13 p.m., February 24, 2022
Three of the main presidential candidates still do not have their 500 signatures. Some mayors have agreed to sponsor them, specifying that sponsorship does not constitute support. Proof that the system must be changed for the vice-president of the Association of Mayors of France.
The controversy surrounding the race for sponsorships for candidates continues. Some elected officials question the relevance of this system. Three of the main candidates for the presidential election still do not have their 500 signatures: Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Marine Le Pen and Éric Zemmour. Some mayors have agreed to sponsor them, specifying that sponsorship does not constitute support. A nuance that could cause trouble in their electorate. Proof that the system must be changed for the vice-president of the Association of Mayors of France.
Philippe Laurent is campaigning for citizen sponsorship, “that is to say, sponsorship which is granted by the citizens themselves”. In this configuration, “each voter would have the capacity to sponsor a candidate and whoever would reach, for example, 100,000 or 200,000 sponsorships would have the possibility of actually being a candidate”.
May the mayor remain a unifier
According to the UDI mayor of Sceaux, “it would have the merit of preventing mayors from finding themselves in difficult situations” since “the pressures that may be suffered by mayors, who have not asked for this, mean that it It is a situation that is obviously relatively unbearable for them”.
For Philippe Laurent, “even in a large town”, the mayor is concerned “to bring people together, not to add a divide to those who may already exist by saying ‘I sponsor so and so and therefore implicitly, I support so and so'” . And to conclude: “I think that really, this system is totally obsolete.”