A text, which will be put to the vote at the PS congress in Marseille, confirms the victory of Olivier Faure over Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol. The latter will become “first deputy secretary” alongside Johanna Rolland.
The socialists had prepared the chimney for white smoke. This Saturday in Marseille, relatives of Olivier Faure and Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol explained that a “protocol of agreement” between the two men had finally been recorded. The text will be submitted to the vote of the socialist delegates from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Palais du Pharo, where the PS meets all weekend for its congress. In the wake of this announcement, the first secretary soberly tweeted a photo of… white smoke.
The terms are fixed: Olivier Faure is confirmed as first secretary. Although he maintains his accusations of fraud on the second round of January 19, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol nevertheless said “take note” of the vote of the 12th where the orientation text of his adversary had clearly come out on top (49.15%). On the other hand, the mayor of Rouen will become “first deputy secretary”, in the same way as her Nantes counterpart Johanna Rolland. In the surroundings ofNMR», we insist to affirm that this post does not correspond to a role of“deputy”but rather to a certain “autonomy” in “collegiate leadership”.
The three leaders undertaketo respect and jointly support the decisions taken» and to «respect the political line defined to preserve coherence and solidarityof the party, provides the protocol submitted to the vote. They also agreeto work on a reform of the mode of election within the Socialist Party“, abundantly criticized by Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol in recent days.
Arriving third in the vote on the orientation texts on January 12, Hélène Geoffroy inherits for her part the presidency of the national council, a sort of party parliament. The mayor of Vaulx-en-Velin, representative of the current of “Dutchand anti-Nupes, however warned that she wanted to stay in the opposition.