Europe 1 with AFP
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10:02 a.m., January 20, 2023
Outgoing first secretary Olivier Faure was narrowly reappointed as head of the PS after winning a very tight internal ballot with 50.83% of the vote, against 49.17% for his rival Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, the party announced on Friday. morning.
This score is based on the results from the federations and forwarded to the congress organizing committee. The two camps, which had claimed victory on the night of Thursday to Friday, accuse each other of irregularities in the votes and have announced appeals and requests for cancellation of votes in sections.
Only 393 votes between the two candidates
“23,759 votes were cast during this election (…), Olivier Faure obtained 12,076 votes or 50.83% of the votes cast, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol obtained 11,683 votes or 49.17% of the votes expressed”, indicates in its press release the party, which thus records a difference of only 393 votes between the two candidates.
“The final results will be announced after the vote of the delegates of the Marseille Congress which will be held on January 27, 28 and 29, 2023”, specifies the PS.
“The choice of the militants must be respected, the unity of the socialist party preserved. I ask that the verification commission be convened. Without it, no result can obviously be proclaimed. I call for appeasement and unity. The French are watching us”, immediately reacted Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol on Twitter. A commission for verification of the results was to meet on Friday, according to the two camps, but the press release from the PS does not mention it.
“Finding a Way of Unity”
“While the Socialist Party transmitted the aggregate results of the federations, confirming the victory of Olivier Faure, we nevertheless claim the score of 54% which is, we will prove it, once the vote has been cleared of all irregularities, the result of the ballot of January 19”, affirmed for their part Friday morning in a press release the representatives of its orientation text “Winning”.
“In view of the deleterious climate installed by Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol and his relatives and the seriousness of the facts observed in certain territories, we condemn the attempt to destabilize our common home”, they regret. “We all have a responsibility to find a way of unity”, underlined the deputy Valérie Rabault, support of Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, after having deplored a “PS cut in two” on Twitter.