Jean-Luc Mélenchon responds to Christiane Taubira by SMS and conditions the holding of any discussion on “the immediate cessation of calls to block sponsorships”
As announced on Sunday evening, Christiane Taubira, winner of the popular Primary called on his opponents on the left to try again for a rapprochement in view of the presidential election. If Jean-Luc Mélenchon did not pick up, he sent him an SMS, of which BFM-TV revealed the content and the content of which was confirmed at the World by his campaign team.
The candidate of La France insoumise (LFI) regrets in particular in his message that Mme Taubira went to the end of his candidacy which, according to him, is one more and further divides the left for the ballot: “I believed you when you regretted the number of applications. Now you add yours. But I only want my confidence. »
The rebellious stressed conditioning any discussion with his opponents on the left, including Christiane Taubira, to a single provision, that of the end of the blocking of sponsorships of elected officials in his regard. “I put a prerequisite for a new opportunity to chat: the immediate cessation of calls to block sponsorships. This is an unacceptable disregard”, writes Jean-Luc Mélenchon. According to him, this blockage aims to forcibly prevent [s]a candidature ». “This violence coming after my forcible registration in your operation [en allusion à la Primaire populaire] is in my eyes contradictory with a sincere desire for dialogue”, he stings in conclusion.
Its message is an explicit reference to the broadcast of a video a few days ago, from the fall, where Popular Primary founder and spokesman Samuel Grzybowski claimed that the “goal of the political pole [de la Primaire populaire], is to prevent (…) Anne Hidalgo, Jean-Luc Melenchon, Yannick Jadot (…) can have the 500 signatures » needed to run for president. A video that had reignited the flame of discord among the rebellious against the citizens’ initiative.
In a tweet posted later that afternoon, Mr. Mélenchon also renewed his “alert” and his ” mistrust ” on the question of sponsorships stressing that since the opening of the official sending of signatures last Thursday, “This Monday, many of the elected officials concerned have not yet received any form. MISTRUST. Remembering the chaos at regionals. »