Express MP. The very recent deputy of Yvelines Anne Grignon has just announced her resignation this Friday. Elected as a substitute for Jean-Noël Barrot (MoDem) in the 2nd constituency – part of Versailles and several municipalities to the south – during the last legislative elections, she took her place on August 4 after his appointment to the government, at the Ministry of Digital Transition. Or just before the parliamentary holidays.
A decision taken when one of his opponents filed an appeal against the election last June. According to the mayor of Lévis-Saint-Nom, it would be an appeal filed by a “relative of a candidate beaten in the first round”. The latter would be based on a provision of the Electoral Code which prohibits a “substitute for a member of a parliamentary assembly” from standing as a substitute for a deputy.
A new election to organize
However, she is designated as a replacement for her running mate elected to the 2017 senatorial elections… “A totally absurd point of law”, she tackles in a press release. Especially since, according to her, he was “not identified by the investigating services during the examination of the candidacies” of the June legislative elections. At AFP, she spoke of an “obstructing the fundamental freedom to apply”.
In her press release, Anne Grignon also indicated that she regretted this situation: “In order to settle it quickly, I have decided, in responsibility, to resign from my mandate. A partial legislative election will therefore have to be held in the coming weeks. A campaign in which she can legally take part as the main candidate for the presidential majority.