On the right, the one who always wanted to go there. Or almost. Our Pascal Couchepin to us, the Vaudois. Christelle Luisier is our new state councilor. On the left, the one who never wanted to go. Or almost. Juliette Vernier, or rather the collective candidacy of the climate strike, which has shaken up the codes of our local democracy. Draining behind it a whole lot of new voters who saved a very low turnout from ridicule.
To read the hot interview of Christelle Luisier: “I will get involved in climate issues”
If we celebrate the victory won in advance with a hint less panache than expected in the PLR, how do we live, on the side of the Greens, this defeat which does not say its name? In light of this Sunday’s results, a green candidate for a government party would have had every chance. And would likely have led to a new election Sunday for a second round. It would also have put pressure on the environment to return to the fold of those who really care. We are not sure that such an opportunity will arise again soon.
For Christelle Luisier, brought up in radicalism in the bottle of institutions, this is also a sacred opportunity. The one, somewhere, to question oneself before even starting its mandate. Because it will be necessary to hear this anti-system sound less and less fleeting. And integrate it into a new way of doing politics. The Payernoise arrives in an auspicious time capsule. She is young, from a region that has been waiting for her turn for a long time and, above all, she is a syndic: therefore the voice of those who want to put the towns and villages back in the center of a State perceived as a good centralizer in matters of finance . It will therefore be necessary to quickly and clearly demonstrate its independence, to assert its right to inventory, including in relation to certain caciques of the party to whom allegiance was once made. Like what Cesla Amarelle did in the socialist party.
Created: 09.02.2020, 4:18 p.m.
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