Citizen Primaries: October 9 and 16. With the candidacy declaration of Martine Aubry, in addition to that of Sรฉgolรจne Royal, Franรงois Hollande, Manuel Valls, and Arnaud Montebourg, the “race” of candidates for the candidacy is, in fact, launched. The objective now is to foster the debate so that voters can express their preferences consciously.
Regarding the organizational setup of the Socialist Federation of Alpes-Maritimes, the responsible coordinator Valรฉrie Nucรฉra informs us that 138 polling stations, including 40 in Nice, are planned and the organization was proceeding normally with sufficient collaboration from the municipalities, even those whose majority is right-wing.
The departmental spokesperson Xavier Garcia wanted to criticize the behavior of the national UMP for the possible “profiling” of voters who wish to express themselves on this occasion. “Such narrow-mindedness and pettiness would not deserve a response, if there weren’t a need to dispel misunderstandings and refute falsehoods. The attendance lists will be sealed and destroyed the day after the vote, under the supervision of a bailiff. Moreover, the entire procedure has been validated by the CNIL and the Constitutional Council.”
And Patrick Allemand, secretary of the Socialist Federation of A-M, did not fail to add: “I first notice that the majority party is undertaking to divert the national debate towards procedural logics and that obstruction has now become its policy. The objective is clear, to derail the process of the socialist primaries. Because what this sad controversy reveals above all.”
