The PS deputies decided on Monday to vote in favor of examining in committee the LFI proposal for the impeachment of Emmanuel Macron. But they will then vote against its adoption in the Assembly, considering the procedure “doomed to failure”, and likely to give a form of “legitimacy” to the head of state.
After a debate of almost three hours, the PS deputies decided, on Monday, to vote in favor of examining in committee the LFI proposal to dismissEmmanuel Macron. An election that should be formalized this Tuesday morning by the socialist representatives at the office of the Assembly, its highest executive body. The NFP holds a narrow majority (12 seats out of 22), which should allow the text to pass this stage.
But its final adoption remains highly unlikely as it stands. The LFI deputies submitted a resolution aimed at initiating a procedure to impeach the President of the Republic, signed by 81 deputies. Long and difficult to achieve, it would ultimately require the approval of two-thirds of MPs from both houses, meeting in the High Court.
The satisfaction of the rebels
The first step is for the Assembly office to study its admissibility and transfer it to the Law Commission. The vote of the socialist deputies seemed imperative, in the face of the likely opposition from the representatives of the presidential camp, LR, and even Liot.
“The Office of the National Assembly should not be entrusted with the role of judge of the political expediency of this initiative. […] signed by more than a tenth of the members of the Assembly and motivated”, estimated the socialist group in a press release on Monday. “Excellent news,” he commented The review will be held in the name of “democratic” and “popular” debate. sovereignty”.
“Putting the President back at the center of the debate”
“We firmly oppose this impeachment procedure which is the heir to the exceptional procedure for “high treason”, however, PS elected officials insisted, announcing that they would vote “unanimously” against it. “The impeachment procedure will essentially consist of putting the President of the Republic at the center of the debate POLICY and give it a new legitimacy” because “doomed to failure”, they emphasized.
“We don't want to give any victory to Emmanuel Macron. The power is no longer in the Elysée, it is in the Parliament,” the PS deputies also claimed. The rebel text particularly considers Emmanuel Macron's refusal to nominate NFP candidate Lucie Castets to Matignon as “a serious breach of the obligation to respect the will expressed by universal suffrage”, arguing that the left-wing alliance came on first place in legislative elections (193 seats).