The return of left-wing elected officials to the benches of the Brittany regional council promises to be stormy, Thursday, April 7. Prior to this session of debates, the leader of the environmental opposition, Claire Desmares (Europe Ecologie-Les Verts), supported by the five elected members of her political group, filed an appeal with the administrative court of Rennes to cancel the vote. of the community’s annual budget of 1.7 billion euros.
In his request, The world consulted, the elected criticizes the Socialist President of the Regional Council, Loïg Chesnais-Girard, for having preferred a vote by secret ballot to a public expression of the 83 regional councilors when deciding on the strategic financing of his action plan . “I know of nothing more democratic than voting by secret ballot,” is surprised Loïg Chesnais-Girard, who says he opted for the voting booth strategy in order to offer elected officials ” freedom “ to decide without « pression ».
Since his re-election at the head of the hemicycle, in June 2021, the socialist has led with a majority of 40 elected officials, forcing him to forge alliances to validate his orientations. This Friday, February 25, regional opposition camped on a rejection of the annual budget. The result of the secret ballot vote delivered another result: 40 votes for, 37 against, 5 abstentions and 1 draw. Six elected officials did not respect the instructions, thus avoiding the paralysis of the community.
Clean break
“The president’s budget probably passes thanks to Macronie. Voters have the right to know the composition of the majority of Loïg Chesnais-Girard”, chokes Claire Desmares, candidate in the legislative elections of June 12 and 19 in the very Rennes first constituency of Ille-et-Vilaine. Convinced that a public vote would have “legally” should have been preferred and would have resulted in a different result, the elected official therefore took the matter to court.
This episode marks a clear break between the ecologists and the socialists within the Breton assembly. During the between-two rounds of the regional election, in June 2021, Claire Desmares had however announced her desire to merge her list with that of the outgoing president, like the rapprochements made between the two parties during the municipal elections. in Rennes, Brest or Nantes. The negotiations had stalled. Everyone blames themselves for the failure. “Loïg Chesnais-Girard is not ready to co-build, tance Claire Desmares. I did not expect this beginning of my mandate to be so conflictual and to have to fight to enforce the law. »
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