Stéphane Ravier withdraws from the authorities of the National Rally, criticizing “the dictates of a Parisian apparatus”
Stéphane Ravier, the senator Rassemblement national des Bouches-du-Rhône, announces by a tweet that he is withdrawing from the authorities of the RN to create a local movement, “Who will welcome all the patriots of [Marseille] ».
“I refuse to submit to the diktats of a Parisian apparatus that understands nothing about the field”he tackles again.
On Wednesday, Mr. Ravier had pressed Marine Le Pen, the RN candidate for the presidential election, to ” to clarify the situation “ of the party in Marseilles, which was torn around Eric Zemmour. “I expect Marine Le Pen to clarify the situation. I’m waiting to find out if she still wants to be my candidate.”declared on BFM-TV the elected official of Bouches-du-Rhône, quoted among the militants tempted to rally Mr. Zemmour, by ensuring that Mme Le Pen would have her sponsorship if she “acted[ssait]».
Franck Allisio, vice-president of the RN group in Marseille (chaired by Mr. Ravier) and adviser to Mr.me Le Pen, left the municipal group with three other elected officials because of the maintenance in the latter of an elected RN (excluded since), Sophie Grech, who gave her sponsorship to Mr. Zemmour for the presidential election.
“Marine Le Pen will have my sponsorship, because I only have one word”assured Mr. Ravier on Wednesday, but “I expect Marine Le Pen to demonstrate that she has only one word and that she acts”that she “respect” his “political commitment to unite and not to divide”.
“I expect Marine Le Pen to let me know if she supports the methods of thugs, division, ransacking of the work of activists (…) keeping Mr. Allisio at the head of the federation” of the Bouches-du-Rhône and “City council when it is useless”he added.