Last electoral evening for the socialists and other allies (except the Left Front, which had gathered its troops elsewhere) before the big day for the 2012 presidential election. The favorable predictions for their candidate François Hollande still do not give the activists and sympathizers present the certainty of a victory that has been missing for far too long.
Moreover, the score achieved in the first round by François Hollande was significantly different from the national one, as the Alpes-Maritimes and the Var are areas with a “right-wing” sensitivity, making the leaders and the leftist people confident but necessarily cautious.
A large gathering had been agreed upon to embrace and set a rendezvous for Sunday evening to properly celebrate this victory, which most predict.
The masters of ceremony for the evening, Xavier Garcia and David Nakache, “the duo” of the advancing future, first gave the floor to Mélanie Russo, local MJS leader, who spoke of “A high and strong hope” for the result of next Sunday.
The measured atmosphere of the evening did not go beyond a hope for victory, but it is known that the advantage of pessimism is that only good surprises can happen.
But as André Aschieri, “ecologist-humanist” as he defined himself, Mayor of Mouans-Sartoux, former deputy and candidate for election in Michéle Tabarot’s constituency, recalled: “We must be neither optimistic nor pessimistic but (being a grandfather) willing and above all confident in the future!”
Similarly, Dr. Ladislas Polski, MRC delegate, regional councilor, and future candidate for the Mayorship of La Trinité, concluded his brilliant speech by quoting Jean Jaurès: “Understand the real and move towards the ideal.”
Pascale Gérard, representing the socialists from Menton, had the duty to remind that François Hollande’s 60 proposals come from the socialist program, and that candidate Hollande is announced as “A normal president after Sarkozy’s term, which aimed to be superlative and was so in the negative sense of the term.”
The representative of the Green Ecologists, Marie-Luz Nicaise, condemned the zigzag policy of the outgoing president and his majority in the field of ecology and environment, especially the desire to implement “A model of rupture with the current legal and social corpus.”
Finally, it was Patrick Allemand and Christiane Taubira, deputy of Guyana and François Hollande’s special representative in this electoral campaign, who gave the conclusions.
The first, also as cautious as a Sioux, reminded everyone that “There is still one day of campaigning left before gathering on Sunday evening to celebrate the victory.” Continuing on, “The Left has always been the engine of social progress as the people overwhelmingly request from us. The task will be tough, but first, the number one condition must be met: That François Hollande be President next Sunday.” He concluded by ideally addressing FN voters: “In our project, there are perspectives even for your arguments.”
Will he be heard?
Christiane Taubira concluded this (too long) evening: “We still have three days to change the current situation and entrust the power of the State to François Hollande. I have confidence in each of you to ensure that the clique that has taken over the state apparatus is defeated.”
She added, “Today, there are unacceptable inequalities, and these inequalities are social time bombs.”
The final word: “We must establish a truly secular Republic with equality of rights, respect for duties, and based on the principle of concord. In social life, ‘I and you’ must become ‘us’.
To conclude, our conclusion is: The socialists and other supporters of François Hollande are right to hope for a beautiful victory. Of course, hope is not a certainty because hope is improbable.
But history shows that, sometimes, the improbable becomes certain…
