Jean-Luc Mélenchon and La France Insoumise proclaim this loudly and clearly since the result of the second round of the 2022 presidential election fell: “Emmanuel Macron, the worst elected president of the Fifth Republic“. Their argument is that the latter was simply “re-elected by”38%“If we take into account all the French registered on the electoral rolls, this statement is 0.5% correct.
With a 28% abstention, unheard since 1969, and not forgetting the void as well as the blank ballots, Emmanuel Macron received only 38.5% of the votes against Marine Le Pen’s 27.3%. However, the AFP confirmation site states: “Under the Fifth Republic, retaining this criterion, only another president scored a lower score: in June 1969, Georges Pompidou collected 37.5% of those registered on a very special ballot, prompted by resignation a few weeks later. Charles de Gaulle“.
At the LCI on Monday, April 25th, David Pujadas wanted to make a statement, pointing out that La France Insoumise chairman is not the best place to tackle his rivals on the abstention rate. “Since we are talking about Jean-Luc Mélenchon, do you know how long he abstained from being elected as a member of parliament in 2017? He was elected MP with 64% abstentions, so this is a bit of garbage and garbage! Besides, 28% abstained, but that’s nothing!‘ cried the journalist, details of the results of the parliamentary elections for the 4th district of Marseille were displayed on the air.
D. Pujadas discusses Mélenchon on the abstention rate (64%!) that he was elected deputy from Marseille.
A real treat. pic.twitter.com/fjWukuoP65— Francis Back (@FrancisBack5) April 26, 2022
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Source: Programme Television
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