Left Behind, Gilles Pargneaux, First Secretary of the Socialist Federation of North outgoing and close to Martine Aubry, withdrew from the second round. Martine Godson, protected by Patrick Kanner, left alone vying for the vote of the militants.
local squabbles among socialists. The first secretary of the PS federation North outgoing Gilles Pargneaux, near Martine Aubry, has fallen behind by Martine Godson, protected by Patrick Kanner, during the first round of voting activists. The latter arrived well ahead with 47.91% of the vote, beating Gilles Pargneaux (41.6%) and Rémi Lefebvre (10.49%), close to the left wing of the PS.
A rout that led Gilles Pargneaux withdrew his candidacy for the second round on Friday night, leaving the field open to Martine Godson, who will be the only candidate still in the running. “In a normal election, whether the other two pull out, you still have a second round. If the person is not elected in the first round, you have a second round “, said the national secretary of the Socialist Party in the elections, Christophe Borgel.
On Following the congress Poitiers process in each PS federation, the position of Federal Secretary was put into play in a vote of the militants. Noting that he was still waiting for the results, Christophe Borgel said that 95 of 103 first federal secretaries were elected Thursday evening.
“calming Souci”
This results in the North is a setback for the mayor of Lille, who had invited the activists Wednesday “to refuse federal crisis that we did not need after our defeats municipal or departmental “, calling to vote for Gilles Pargneaux.
Wednesday ” in an appeasement “, Patrick Kanner , former president of the County Council of the North and current Minister of Town and Sport had asked Martine Godson to withdraw his candidacy for ending the internal crisis, which she refused to do.
longstanding Conflict
The conflict between Martine Aubry Patrick Kanner is not new. “A local hatred adds a national dimension” , says a member of the PS. The dispute dates back at least to the appointment to the government in August 2014, Patrick Kanner, then presented as a relative of the mayor of Lille when he was not. In addition, Patrick Kanner ensures becoming a majority in the Federation, and challenging the leadership of the former first secretary of the PS. “The fight over who is best placed front is” said a PS frame. In the medium term, Patrick Kanner is the city of Lille in the upcoming municipal, a seat that Martine Aubry wants to leave Francois Lamy, the former Minister of the City, very near it specially brought there a few months .
“Kanner never ceases to attack Aubry. His real sport is one, “, observes political tenor rather neutral in the matter. “Aubry wants skin because derrrière Kanner, there are municipal. Now the fire is in Lille “, agrees a minister. In Poitiers, Martine Aubry said before the cameras of “high spirits” , when the noise corridor claimed the opposite. In March, negotiating his support for the motion Cambadélis, especially with François Hollande, she had not planned this little stone …
Northern PS federation has about 5,000 members who had voted 79% in favor of Jean-Christophe Cambadélis for the position of first national secretary in May.
With AFP
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