Nicolas Thierry, environmental candidate for regional in New Aquitaine – Benjamin Boccas
In the aftermath of Emmanuel Macron’s announcements, which see health restrictions reinforced throughout the territory, the environmental candidate for the regional elections in New Aquitaine, Nicolas Thierry, announced that he was suspending his campaign “in person. He announced this Thursday, the day he received the support of the former PS candidate for the 2017 presidential election, Benoit Hamon, who was unable to travel to Bordeaux because of a contact situation.
“Let us say things clearly, indicates the candidate EELV: we suspend our physical campaign and ask Alain Rousset to do the same. Respect for sanitary measures is required of all. It is a question of democracy. It would be inconceivable not to guarantee fairness between the candidates, and thus to alter the sincerity of the ballot. “
Alain Rousset’s “ambiguity”?
Nicolas Thierry insists that the current president of the New Aquitaine region, Alain Rousset (PS), who has not yet officially declared himself a candidate for his succession, but who has never hidden his intention to be, is pronounced.
“The pandemic should not be used as a pretext to run a campaign that does not speak its name. We therefore solemnly ask Alain Rousset, whom everyone knows is a candidate for re-election, not to play on ambiguity and not to mix up the hats of candidate and president. “