The “little war” between former patriots and more recent recruits is like three-cushion billiards: each plays their move to send the other’s ball into the pocket!
After the fiery statements from the old guard, the green berets, who were clumsily excluded from the lists and are likely sensitive to losing seats (and the power and allowances that come with them) in the Regional Council to be elected in December, continue to denounce the “moral” illegitimacy of certain nominations, it is now up to the new leaders to legitimize their actions.
This is evident from the statement jointly signed by Marc-André Domergue – departmental secretary FN 06, his deputy Michel Thooris and Lionel Tivoli – coordinator of the elected officials.
Keen on silencing rumors and quelling disputes, and wanting to demonstrate to our compatriots the unity and determination of our movement, the local FN-RBM elected officials of the Alpes-Maritimes wished to reaffirm their support for our regional and departmental list leaders, Marion Maréchal-Le Pen and Olivier Bettati.
Thus, nearly 80% of them signed the following statement (list of signatories below) in just two days, with a number of them being on vacation and unreachable.