For the past thirty years, the right has not won a single election in Sarcelles. The last victory dates back to 1989 and the re-election of Raymond Lamontagne (RPR) at the town hall. The machine to lose will continue to implement the 15 and 22 march next for a simple and good reason : it has no candidate in the municipal elections. The situation challenged, in a town of nearly 60,000 inhabitants, the third of the Val-d’oise.
The right seems to be missing in the discussions so that the city is already six lists of sensitivity to the left, four of which are conducted by members of the majority elected in 2014. “The local elected representatives of the right are not brave enough to stand as the head of the list. They flee and hide, I find this ridiculous, it is a never-before-seen, persifle the mayor (PS) Patrick Haddad. Yes, Sarcelles is a city to the left. But the battle is lost when we do not lead ! “
The rallies Mourad Chikaoui and François Pupponi
The three city councilors elected on the list of “union of the right” in 2014 – directed by Marc Sonnet (LR) – have all joined candidates formerly encartés the socialist Party. Chantal Grolier (IDU) and David Grandon (LREM, ex-LR) are listed with Mourad Chikaoui. About Samira Aïdoud, regional advisor (Free!, ex-LR), she chose to join François Pupponi, ex-mayor and member of parliament (KVD) of the 8 th district.
The adversaries find themselves allies today. “In six years, I have been able to realize that we had points of convergence with Francis. This is a man who knows very well the terrain, with which we can discuss, pleaded Samira Aïdoud. What interests me, is not to be the head of the list, but of the general interest. “
“The cleavage left-right is outdated”
David Grandon advance the same arguments. “The cleavage left right is exceeded, at the national and local levels, judge said it. It is the project brought to the town. “
At the evocation of the choices made by its former colistiers, Marc Sonnet sneers. “It is surprising! “loose, the director general deputy of La Garenne-Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine). Candidate in 2001, 2008 and 2014, Marc Sonnet was leaving Sarcelles for the Hauts-de-Seine, after its defeat in the cantonal of 2015. “It is a lifestyle choice, he says. Since my departure, no one has taken up the torch. The right is structured today. “
“We managed to siphon votes from the right”
The fault, also, to the work of undermining undertaken by François Pupponi and the PS these last twenty-five years after the victory of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, in 1995. “We managed to siphon votes from the right, welcomes there. The label counts for little. People vote for people. “
The member of parliament puts it, ” the collapse of the political system in the former. The traditional parties do not unite more. The Republicans have no more activist in Sarcelles. “
The illustration of a certain lack of continuity. There were three candidates “on the right” different in the last three municipal elections. Jean-Claude Mestre (RPR), led the list in 2001, then it was the turn of Patrick Toulmet (UMP) in 2008 – past in LREM and now close to Emmanuel Macron -, and finally Marc Sonnet (LR) in 2014… ” every time, it is a one shot! They are six months of activism and go, ” quips Patrick Haddad. Politics is played on the long time, and constancy. “
