Eighty-one MPs from the leftist New Popular Front (NFP) bloc adopted a resolution demanding the resignation of French President Emmanuel Macron, Franceinfo reported.
The impeachment procedure was initiated by Jean-Luc Melanchon’s ultra-leftist party “Unconquered France” under Article 68 of the country’s Constitution. The reason was Macron’s refusal to appoint Lucie Caste as prime minister.
“Following President Emmanuel Macron’s refusal to appoint a prime minister from the coalition that won the July 7 election, the authors of the resolution want parliament to initiate impeachment proceedings against the president,” it said.
They regarded the French leader’s actions as “a coup d’état by force, unprecedented in the history of the French Republic since 1877.”
Article 68 of the French Constitution, to which the authors of the resolution refer, allows the president to declare impeachment for “failure to fulfill his duties, clearly incompatible with the exercise of his mandate.”
At the end of early elections to the National Assembly, which were held on June 30 and July 7, no party won a majority. The New Popular Front won with 184 seats. The president’s centrist coalition “Together!” won 166 seats. The far-right has 143 seats out of 577. Macron held a series of meetings with the leaders of the parties that passed in parliament to find a candidate for prime minister. He rejected a nominee from the left because a government led by the New Popular Front, he said, would not be able to win the approval of the National Assembly and a vote of confidence from parliamentarians.
The resolution will be considered by the office of the National Assembly on September 11, TF1 reported. If it is deemed acceptable there, it will be referred to the legal committee, where it will need a simple majority to pass. The resolution will then be discussed at the parliamentary session. This could happen in the early days of October. A two-thirds majority will be needed to pass the document. After that, it will be sent to the Senate, RBC specifies.
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