In Montluçon, in Allier, four lists are still in the running for the second round of municipal elections. Frédéric Laporte, outgoing mayor supported by Les Républicains, leads with 27.03% of the vote. But he is closely followed by Joseph Roudillon (21.22%). The two candidates were formerly part of the team of the former mayor, Daniel Dugléry. The two clashed for the succession in 2017 and this confrontation continues today, at the risk of winning the left.
In good conditions to prevail
Frédéric Kott, former socialist, put together a list supported by the Communist Party, Europe Ecologie-Les Verts et Génération-s. He came third with 19.51% of the vote. ” We are in good condition to take it away Explains this doctor. ” The four lists on the left present in the first round scored over 30%. “A threat of which Frédéric Laporte is well aware:” If the city turns back to the left, it would be a disaster, it would be the return of the Communist Party and this extreme left. That’s why I call a rally, to avoid going back twenty years. “
A sought-after union
Frédéric Laporte also says he is looking for union because of the health crisis: ” I proposed to the two lists closest to our program to start discussions and to merge to form a united front in the face of the economic and social crisis that is looming. “Outstretched hands refused until today. Joseph Roudillon, unsuccessful candidate for the succession of Daniel Dugléry in 2017, seems irreconcilable with his former opponent. ” I received a number of insistent phone calls from Daniel Dugléry for a merger. On Frédéric Laporte’s list, there are people with whom I would have a lot of pleasure to work but with others, it would be impossible. Including Mr. Laporte. “
Shuffled cards
The former president of the Montluçon bar adds: ” And I will not compromise on values: probity, courage and benevolence. And there are people on this list whose recent behavior is not compatible with these values. “And he hopes in the second round to be able to pass in front of the outgoing mayor:” He leads six points but with a low turnout and the cards are now shuffled because there were eight lists in the first round. “
A fourth list
But there is still the fourth list, led by Sylvie Sartirano, without label. It obtained 15.36% of the votes and refused any merger either with Joseph Roudillon or with Frédéric Laporte: “ I do not make an alliance of circumstance between the two towers. This is not the way I want to play politics and I stand firm on my positions “Launches this business manager. ” Joseph Roudillon and Frédéric Laporte embody for me the current municipal majority. It’s white beanie and white beanie. We had tried to unite with Joseph Roudillon before the first round but it didn’t work out. If there was no catch point before the elections, there is no reason that there should be between the two rounds. ” A candidate determined to defend her place: “ When I go into a battle, it’s to win. But my goal, outside of utopia, is to have as many elected officials as possible: to get beyond 20% to have four. “
It’s indecent
Disunities that may facilitate the campaign for the second round of Frédéric Kott, the candidate on the left: ” It disgusts me, I who am a doctor and who have on my list many caregivers or people who were among the “first of the chores” during this health crisis, to see people who were safe, out of the wood today and put themselves forward to distribute positions when they do not agree on anything. It’s indecent. A candidate who also counts on an increase in mobilization of his electorate, popular, who had strongly abstained in the first round.
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