It is known that rules are made to be broken. The engagement between Mรฉlenchonists and Communists, which had led to an unexpected and unprecedented result, was not followed by a marriage due to divergent goals.
Moreover, the leader of the “insoumis” doesn’t want to share the role of the system’s opponent, whereas Pierre Laurent, more down-to-earth, aims for broad alliances to maintain a sufficient number of elected representatives to form an autonomous group in the National Assembly.
Conclusion: how to reconcile the somewhat delusional ego of the “prophet” with the accountant approach of the apparatchik?
So each goes their own way!
But this does not take into account a base of activists and local leaders reinvigorated and fired up by the words, slogans, and anathemas of “Mรฉluche the matador”.
Thus, where the context permits and circumstances advise, the battle continues…
Such is the case in Nice, as explained by the statement from Robert Injey, the local leader of the “comrades”.
And the national bodies in all this? Are they not saying “m’en bati, sieu nissart”?
“In a spirit of responsibility in the face of the extreme right and far right, we commit to creating the conditions for the gathering of those who supported Jean-Luc Mรฉlenchon’s candidacy during the presidential election.
It will be possible to defeat the neoliberal policy of the president by continuing this mobilization. We welcome the agreement between La France Insoumise and the sections of the PCF concerning the three constituencies of Nice.
In these constituencies, Nice 1, Nice 3 (Nice and La Trinitรฉ), and Nice 5 (Nice and valleys), we will rally behind the same candidates. We invite Jean-Luc Mรฉlenchon’s voters to confirm their vote during the legislative elections.”
