The France Unbowed (LFI) party, part of a broad left-wing coalition that secured the largest share of seats in the July parliamentary election, is gathering signatures to remove President Emmanuel Macron from office.
The move comes after Macron refused to appoint the New Popular Front coalition’s candidate – Lucie Castets – as prime minister.
“The draft resolution to initiate the procedure for the impeachment of the President of the Republic, in accordance with Article 68 of the Constitution, was sent today to parliamentarians for co-signatures,” the LFI’s parliamentary leader, Mathilde Panot, wrote on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday.
To initiate the impeachment process, the LFI, which has 72 seats in the 577-seat National Assembly, must collect signatures from at least 10% of the members of parliament under its motion. Article 68 of the French Constitution stipulates that the action could be implemented “in the event of a breach of duty manifestly incompatible with the exercise of his mandate.”
“Macron refuses to submit to the people’s vote, so we must dismiss him,” Panot explained, sharing the draft of the resolution, which stated that “the National Assembly (lower house) and Senate can and must defend democracy against the president’s authoritarian leanings.” […]
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