EDITORIAL – Yesterday in the National Assembly, the “transpartisan” censure motion tabled by the LIOT group (Liberties, Independents, Overseas and Territories) was rejected on the wire, with only 278 votes pourout of the 287 required.
Yes. Only 9 more votes would have been enough to overthrow the government. Or a small 3% of the minimum number of deputies necessary to pass the motion.
A gap so small that a ruler who listens to his people must necessarily learn from it. Nine is three times nothing.
However, we welcome the fact that this motion was voted by all the LFI (La France Insoumise) deputies, all the RN (National Rally) deputies, all the PS (Socialist Party) deputies and all the EELV (Europe Ecology) deputies. The Greens).
A motion which was also supported by eighteen of the twenty GDR deputies (ggroup of the Democratic and Republican left, the former communist group). The two non-voters are Emeline K’Bidi and Frédéric Maillot.
For most observers, the fact that should be remembered is the number of Les Républicains (LR) deputies who decided to support this motion of censure: nineteen voted for it, i.e. 31% of parliamentarians from this group. .
The latter are: Jean-Yves Bony, Dino Cinieri, Vincent Descoeur, Jean-Pierre Vigier, Isabelle Valentin, Julien Dive, Fabrice Brun, Pierre Cordier, Emmanuelle Anthoine, Aurélien Pradié, Fabien Di Filippo, Pierre Vatin, Maxime Minot, Raphaël Schellenberger , Ian Boucard, Josiane Corneloup, Francis Dubois, Justine Gruet, Nicolas Forissier and Pierre-Henri Dumont.
Note also that two LIOT deputies did not vote for it. They are Christophe Naegelen and Pierre Morel at L’Huissier. Their group is the one that tabled the motion.
As for the five “non-registered” deputies (deputies who do not belong to any parliamentary group), four voted for the mention. Only Emmanuelle Ménard did not vote for it.
I leave it up to each of you to express the lessons to be learned from this vote, which is so crucial for the future of the country, particularly with a view to a legitimately hoped-for return to social peace. Indeed, on-the-spot analysis often departs from the objectivity that is required of the political analyst.
However, beyond Emmanuel Macron’s speech on March 23, 2023 at 1 p.m., observers already have their eyes turned to the strike on Thursday, March 23, 2023.
Nothing new.