2023-08-14 15:09:27
The campaign for the senatorial elections of next September 24 may be going under the radar… But it will force all the same, according to custom, the ministers to be discreet. The instruction was sent to them by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, in a letter, at the very beginning of August. “It is customary for members of the government to refrain from traveling in the exercise of their functions as electoral operations approach,” she recalls. I would like you to comply with this usage from September 4 until Sunday, September 24 inclusive, in the territories concerned. »
This is called the reserve period. “If such trips nevertheless seem essential to you for the normal performance of your duties, my prior agreement will be required”, writes the head of government to them. Which must be entered via the general secretariat of the government.
A reminder of the rules in force
At the same time, the prefects must themselves “refrain from participating in any demonstration or public ceremony likely to be of a pre-election nature”, as stipulated to them in another note. Which commands them to “respect the greatest neutrality”.
The ministers can obviously participate in the campaign if they wish – one of them, Sonia Backès (Secretary of State in charge of Citizenship), is even a candidate. But here again, Elisabeth Borne gives the rules in force: “The program of your trips must, in this case, exclude any use of public means. “By the way, the host of Matignon also reminds them of the penalties provided for in the event of a breach.
Classic in a period of electoral reserve. But a useful precision while a part of the ministers, freshly appointed to their post, communicates and moves in all directions. Without always asking permission…
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