The former elected municipal official who narrowly lost the solidarity nomination in Camille-Laurin against Marie-Eve Rancourt is now calling for a vote for Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon. With the withdrawal of the candidate, who was pictured stealing a pamphlet, Suzy Miron believes we should turn to the PQ to “avoid bringing in the CAQ”.
Posted at 10:19 am
“We need to vote strategically to ensure that we at least get out of the CAQ”, M summed upme Miron in an interview Press. “Don’t waste your vote. I want to see my fellow citizens go to the polls. My message is to vote PQ, even if there are things in their program that irritate you. It is the best option right now,” she said.
A few months ago, Suzy Miron lost the Camille-Laurin nomination by just a few votes to Marie-Eve Rancourt, who was supported by party co-representative Manon Massey. Activist Oliver Howard came in third.
Photo by Francois Roy, La Presse Archives
Marie-Eve Rancourt
Mme Miron said he hopes this “profession of faith will encourage many other orphans like me in the neighborhood to vote strategically to show the current government that we want more respect and consideration.” “We have the opportunity to vote for the member who has the strongest voice, the most speaking time and visibility and, above all, the prime minister cannot ignore,” stressed the former councilor from Tetraultville.
Chantal Rouleau, who at the same time does not want a “back bencher” who acts as an “entrance mat for the minister of Pointe-aux-Trembles”, seems more likely to be re-elected.
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said on Thursday that the support “touched him a lot”. “We used to be rivals, but today, [Suzie Miron] They called me to vote in the constituency. If the citizens of Camille-Laurin give me the honor of electing me, I promise to abide by it,” he argued.
When asked how she felt about the scandal surrounding the theft of Marie-Eve Rancourt’s pamphlets, Suzy Miron is cautious. “It’s a really sad situation. It’s not Honest game, what she did was not right, but Mary-Eve remains a good person with good intentions. It was a big lapse of judgment on his part,” she admitted over the phone.
“Voter Intelligence”
Earlier this week, Quebec Solidaire parliamentary leader Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois refused to tell his activists who to vote for. “We do not give voting instructions to voters […]. I believe in the intelligence of the voters and I will let them make their choice,” he explained.
By announcing the withdrawal of Mme Rancourt, the party’s co-representative, suggested that “Marie-Eve did not want to hinder the campaign of the Quebec Solidaire”.
Mme Rancourt, who is a lawyer and holds a master’s degree in international law and international politics, previously apologized on her Twitter account but indicated she was staying in the race. But shortly after that, she made a second post on social media that she was resigning from the post.
Today, Suzy Miron said she was particularly concerned about citizens who “lost their vote” by speaking out early for a solidarity candidate before the scandal broke. “I have friends I recruited as QS members who voted for Mary-Eve. They were really shocked to lose their right to vote. Even the call I made was on their behalf,” she said.
