Deputies from "Unyielding France" (NF) sought the impeachment of President Emmanuel Macron, accusing him of a "serious violation of his duties" by refusing to satisfy the request of the "New Popular Front" to appoint Lucy Castes as prime minister.
The procedure for the impeachment of the head of state, regulated in Article 68 of the Constitution, is long and difficult to complete successfully. Ultimately, the procedure will require the approval of two-thirds of the members of parliament sitting in the Supreme Court. This is a difficult task, as it is expected that the vast majority of leftists showed unwillingness to support it.
"Just like the parliament, the Senate can and should protect democracy from the authoritarian experience of the president of the republic, which I don't know where it will stop," urged the NF deputies in their proposal for the resolution, which, according to the leader of the group, Mathilde Pano, "was sent to deputies for co-signing".
The text says that Emmanuel Macron's refusal to appoint Lucie Castes after consultations with various political forces "represents a serious violation of the obligation to respect the will expressed through universal suffrage", pointing out that in the last parliamentary elections the left alliance came out principle (193 places).
"The role of the president of the republic according to the Constitution is not to participate in political discussions in the National Assembly. Article 8 of the Constitution does not state that the president "chooses the minister-president he likes". It simply says that the president of the republic "appoints the minister-president", adding the deputies.
"If Emmanuel Macron does not set limits for himself, the National Assembly will have to set them for him with all the means", said the former deputy of Insumi Francois Ruffin on Saturday afternoon, calling on the National Assembly to "use all constitutional means", including the impeachment procedure. But "we haven't gotten there yet, there's still a long way to go," added the deputy from Somme, who now sits in the group of environmentalists and socialists.
The impeachment procedure "is a political instrument, which also gives the possibility to seek the responsibility of the Elysée Palace for the failure", said the constitutional expert Benjamin Morel before the Public Sénat in August - quote, taken in the proposal for the resolution of the NF. | BGNES
