Canton of Jura
The Lachat asset allows the center to turn the short page
Out of the wood in extremis, Jean-Paul Lachat becomes 5e candidate. With a complete list, the party hopes to save its two seats in the government.
Minister Martial Courtet was released by his party after an overwhelming audit. The center decided to replace it on the list with Jean-Paul Lachat.
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- A severe audit criticizes the managerial style of Minister Martial Courtet.
- The Jura Center has decided to replace it with Jean-Paul Lachat, mayor and experienced executive of the administration.
- The party is not immune to an independent candidacy of Courtet.
- The arrival of Moutier also threatens the traditional political balance of the canton.
It is a twist, one more, in this crazy week that the Jura Center will have known. A mind -blowing sequence, while the cantonal elections of this fall already looked like the most disputed in the whole history of the canton.
Wednesday, An audit of rare severity questioned the managerial style of the Minister of the Center Martial Courtet. The next day, the party asked him to withdraw from the list From the five candidates he had retained in May. The latter finally accepted it, Without excluding freezing independent. Friday evening, finally-against the proposal of the steering committee, which had resolved to go four-an extraordinary congress adorned a new candidate: Jean-Paul Lachat.
And the guy is solid. Current mayor of Clos-du-Doubs, president of the ridge of the communes of the district of Porrentruy, an executive in the Jurassic administration for years, Jean-Paul Lachat has also passed through the Case of the Cantonal Parliament and is known as the white wolf in the agricultural environment, very powerful in the Jura.
Jean-Paul Lachat
Municipality of Clos-du-Doubs
How did the idea come to him to get started at the last minute? “Everything was quickly. I told myself that one could not leave an empty line on the center list and thus take the risk of losing one of our two seats. As mayor, I know the functioning of the municipalities, as head of the rural economy, I also know the administration very well. And above all, I like to serve people. So I decided to put these skills for the benefit of the center. Then things quickly went to the congress. ” At 61, would he leave for a single mandate? “We must first start this campaign. But at this stage, everything is open. ”
The center facing a double stranger
Jean-Paul Lachat is the surprise candidate that no one had seen coming. After the outbreak of The Courtet casemany bet on François Monin, director of Agrijura and true electoral locomotive, to complete the list, composed of the current minister Stéphane Theurillat, of the two deputies Amélie Brahier and Anne Froidevaux and the municipal of Moutier Clément Piquerez. But the 30 -year -old announced very early after the conclusions of the audit he was declining.
Is the steering committee relieved or angry that the congress did not follow its proposal to go four? “We were of the opinion that these applications were strong enough to save our two seats,” replied Mathieu Cerf, president of the center. But we also felt that many, within the party, saw the risk that this fifth empty line was used to add the name Martial Courtet. It is to confront these different visions that we decided to maintain this congress. The fact that the decision to go five, with Jean-Paul Lachat, was taken by 105 votes against 20-and that it was positively welcomed by the four candidates already selected-shows that the party is united behind this choice. “
However, the JURA Center is not taken from the case. Already because he still does not know if Martial Courtet will be launched or not independent or not. He has until Monday noon to decide, and his candidacy could do damage to the center.
The other concern is the arrival of Moutier. These 10% more voters can upset the political balances of the canton. An unknown that mainly destabilizes the center. While the party is historically very strong in the Jura, it does not weigh much in Moutier, where the PS and the UDC cut the lion’s share.
While the government is currently made up of two centrists, two socialists and a PCSI (independent Christian-social party), the October 18 ballot should reshape several cards. To see which.
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