Ralliement pour Montréal leader bows out of municipal elections weeks after party merger – Halifax
Elections Montréal, liable for organizing town’s municipal election, introduced Tuesday afternoon that Marc-Antoine Desjardins has withdrawn his candidacy for mayor within the borough of Outremont.
The information comes almost three weeks after the previous chief of Ralliement pour Montréal joined forces with Mouvement Montréal’s Balarama Holness.
On the time, the pair stated they believed combining sources would make the brand new alliance a stronger third choice to Valérie Plante’s Projet Montréal and Denis Coderre’s Ensemble Montréal.
Beneath the partnership, Desjardins was named performing co-leader of the brand new occasion. He threw his help behind Holness for Mayor of Montreal, withdrawing his personal candidacy and agreeing as an alternative to run as a borough mayor underneath the Mouvement Montréal banner.
In a Fb submit Tuesday, nonetheless, Desjardins confirmed he wouldn’t be operating in Outremont and stated he was “completely disassociating himself from the Mouvement Montréal occasion, its chief and remarks he made on Oct. 12, 2021.”
Whereas Desjardins didn’t elaborate on the remarks in query, Holness did announce his intention on Oct. 12 to carry a referendum on the standing of Montreal as a bilingual metropolis.
Previous to the merger, Ralliement pour Montréal’s platform included as a key tenent the safety of the French language. The occasion’s web site was taken down following the merger.
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Desjardins advised Lili-Anne Tremblay, who’s operating for borough mayor in St-Leonard, could be a superb substitute as co-leader of the merged occasion.
“She’s a seasoned politician, a lady of motion who solely needs the perfect for her fellow residents.”
In French, Desjardins wrote that he wouldn’t be commenting additional till the tip of the municipal marketing campaign.
He wished the candidates good luck and thanked Montrealers for his or her help.
He signed off his submit as chief of Ralliement pour Montréal.
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