PRIMARY POPULAR. A few days before the vote, the People’s Primary is deadlocked. The union of the left has turned to division, Christiane Taubira being the only figure of the movement to participate, while candidates who refused to submit to it will end up on the ballots.
[Mis à jour le 12 janvier à 19h07] They wanted to unite and allow a popular candidacy to emerge, the initiative is finally sinking. Because the Popular Primary will take place in a context and with very specific rules, far from the scenario imagined by their investigators. Long ignored, put in the spotlight by Anne Hidalgo then dismissed by the mayor of Paris despite the success of the organization in bringing Christiane Taubira into the game, this ballot which already brings together more than 110,000 people will take place from January 27 to 30, 2022 with a casting for the least singular . Indeed, even if they insisted that they did not want to participate, Yannick Jadot, Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Anne Hidalgo will be among the proposals on polling day, appointed from among the personalities able to carry a unique project for the left after a citizen consultation. Christiane Taubira, Pierre Larrouturou, Charlotte Marchandise and Anna Agueb-Porterie completely cast, officially communicated on January 15th.
“We have switched to a new model: the nomination. We will vote on these candidates without their agreement to campaign,” conceded Samuel Grzybowski, spokesman for the poll, on TV5 Monde on January 10. And he did not fail to express his bitterness about the turn of things: “We are disgusted! I am thinking of my children and my grandchildren. In 2050, when they will see what happened , when they will see that in the five-year term Macron, Zemmour or Le Pen, happened because we had debates like that between socialists, ecologists and rebels on a TV set, while the emergency is extremely serious. . “
The objective of union has turned to division. Already fractured, the left has become a little more fragmented with the additional candidacy of Christiane Taubira. Above all, since the violins have not been tuned, each chapel has put the neighboring parish in its sights to designate it as the scapegoat for failure, Anne Hidalgo pointing in particular to Yannick Jadot’s categorical refusal to submit to this new primary. A thick fog therefore obstructs the initiative while the left is very far from reaching the second round of the presidential election, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the best placed, collecting only 10 to 12% of the voting intentions. Much to the chagrin of the dozen activists who went on hunger strike to encourage the candidates to meet.
What is the popular primary?
The authorship of a primary for a single candidate on the left does not fall to Anne Hidalgo and her stillborn proposal for a “primary of the left” formulated in early December. In February 2021, the popular primary was launched with the objective of defining a “common base of ten measures of rupture with 13 political parties and inspired by the demands of social movements in recent years”. The measures are then divided into three themes: an ecological republic, a social republic and a democratic republic.
Since the emergence of the project, 300,000 people have joined the initiative of a popular primary, names of personalities likely to carry such a program have been proposed, with or without their validation. A sponsorship system was then put in place until October 11, when 10 personalities (5 men and 5 women) were appointed after having received the most sponsorships.
They then had until the end of November to say whether or not they wanted to participate in the primary. “They were not numerous enough to engage in the process. We therefore, with validation of our signatories by a massive consultation, chose to continue the project in the form of a citizen investiture, with or without the agreement of the candidates ”, specifies the organization. The third step will consist in the designation of a personality among those officially declared candidates for the popular primary on January 15, 2022.
Who are the candidates for the popular primary?
The sponsorship system of the popular primary has therefore made it possible to define ten personalities able, according to the voters, to carry the common base defined in the presidential election. Several prominent politicians were named, while other lesser-known actors were also included in the list of personalities to vote for (without them necessarily being candidates). They are Gaël Giraud, Anne Hidalgo, Yannick Jadot, Pierre Larrouturou, Charlotte Marchandise, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Anna-Agueb Poterie, François Ruffin and Christiane Taubira.
When will the popular primary take place?
However, to see his name appear during the vote, he must have formalized his candidacy by January 15. Voting will then take place online from January 27-30, with a 100% online single-round ballot. Participation is free.
Who participates in the popular primary?
Anyone can participate in the popular primary. Just register on the site. Three prerequisites: be 16 years old, be French and “recognize yourself in the spirit of the common base”.