THE CHEKING PROCESS – Opposed to the limit of two consecutive presidential terms, Richard Ferrand comes out in favor of a modification of the Constitution.
Never two without three ? For the moment, the Constitution limits the number of presidential terms to two consecutive. But this rule is not to the taste of Richard Ferrand. The former President of the National embly declared himself in favor of the abolition of the time limit of the presidential mandate in a interview at Figaro . Withdrawn from political life since his defeat in the legislative elections in June 2022, the former President of the National embly said he was opposed to “the limitation of the presidential mandate in time» and to «non-cumulation of mandates», denouncing «anything that restricts the free expression of popular sovereignty“. “let’s change it all“, he offered.
A position that has drawn much criticism, especially from the left, who wants to see in this declaration a reform proposal that allows Emmanuel Macron to run for re-election in 2027.Richard Ferrand, the face of the autocratic drift of the left“, has tweeted Mathilde Panot…