François Legault provoked a discussion on his succession to the head of the CAQ during the question period, when the language forked him and he called Geneviève Guilbault “the first minister”.
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“Mrs. President, there, it’s a bit surreal […]. I don’t know if the Prime Minister has just launched a leadership race at the CAQ, then I don’t know if he has just designated the Deputy Prime Minister as his legitimate successor. I close the parenthesis, but it was surreal,” said the interim leader of the Liberal Party of Quebec, Marc Tanguay, who seemed stunned by what he had just heard.
Moments earlier, François Legault had made a slip by calling Geneviève Guilbault “the Prime Minister” while answering questions from Mr. Tanguay on the third link.
The error was spotted on the spot by the President of the National Assembly, and the Liberal leader then continued his indictment by accusing the government of using the excuse of the pandemic to justify its procrastination about the bill. tunnel between Quebec and Lévis.
Rather than answer the question, the prime minister went back on his faux pas, saying that there may be a leadership race “in two or three terms”.
“I understand that there may be people eventually who are going to be interested in 5 years, 10 years or more, but for the moment, I do not intend to favor anyone in this possible race for the leadership, especially since it will take place in 10 years”, he then launched.
“So that’s something we’ll see at that time. As someone we know well said: we will see, ”he concluded, triggering general hilarity.
