Presidential election: in Toulouse, the mélenchoniste Raquel Garrido advocates “the possibility of dismissing an elected official during his term of office”
The regional councilor of Ile de France and support of Jean-Luc Mélenchon Raquel Garrido was in Toulouse, Thursday March 24, to defend the Sixth Republic.
The regional councilor of Ile de France and support of Jean-Luc Mélenchon came to discuss, Thursday, March 24 in Toulouse (Espace Dutanti), one of the flagship measures of the candidate of rebellious France in the presidential election of April 10 and 24. Maintenance.
What will the Sixth Republic and the Constituent Assembly consist of?
We found, like most French people, that our democratic system was very unsatisfactory. On the qualification of presidential monarchy. The President of the Republic concentrates a great deal of governing power, but reports to no one. This constitution of 1958 organizes what is called the political irresponsibility of the President, which is shocking. In other democratic countries, those who govern are generally politically responsible, at least to the legislature. This is not the case in France. Over the decades, a veritable culture of impunity has taken hold at the head of the state. Heads of state get elected on programs they do not apply. Which provokes disgust which provokes abstention. The logic of rebellious France is to find mechanisms that are able to reconstitute the people as a whole. Make sure that when decisions are made, everyone is there. One of these measures is to be able to dismiss elected officials during their term of office.
That is to say ?
Through a referendum. If citizens concerned that the person is not in carrying out the mandate given to him, they might have the right to revoke it.
Do you not think that too many referendums could paralyze the policy put in place by the president?
This is what should be avoided, indeed. The idea is that it doesn’t become a tool of revenge for people who lost the elections. You have to manage to get a majority of the votes to mention someone. It would not be possible, for example, to revoke an elected official during the first year of his mandate, nor in the last year. You have to give it time to work.