After the worst defeat in the history of the Parti Québécois, leader-elect Paul St-Pierre Plamondon pleads for injustice and calls for reform of the electoral system. It closes the door to any rapprochement or alliance with Québec Solidaire.
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Only three PQ deputies will enter the National Assembly and the party achieved the lowest result in the general vote in its history with 14.6% of the vote. Despite everything, Camille-Laurin’s newly elected equestrian leader remains positive.
According to him, the populace has decided that after two years of managing the pandemic, the CAQ deserves a second term.
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“We end up with more votes through universal suffrage than the official opposition with 23 MPs,” he pounded, reiterating the urgent need to change this voting method, which causes an injustice in the number of MPs.
“The mismatch between the popular vote and the number of seats is historic and very problematic for Quebec democracy. We have 15% but not even 3% of the seats,” he said, calling our system outdated.
With this result, the PQ cannot be recognized as an official political party in the National Assembly. The PQ leader is demanding recognition and a budget to match his popular vote outcome, and pleading for his party’s survival within the walls of the National Assembly.
Difference between votes cast and seats received
Does the current electoral system effectively represent the will of the people?
From October 3, 2022
Compare with the number of seats obtained
“François Legault has shown his desire to be a unifier and to work with the opposition. Dominique Anglade expressed a similar wish. I appeal to recognize this injustice. Not to make matters worse, give every vote expressed through universal suffrage an operating budget and a fair space to ask questions.”
According to polls, the PSPP prides itself on having run the best campaign.
However, this performance was not reflected in the results. In several traditional PQ strongholds, the Separatist formation was demoted entirely by the Coalition Avenir Québec.
However, given the results, more than 30% of voters backed a sovereign and progressive party, either Québec solidaire or the Parti Québécois.
The leader of the PQ nevertheless refuses to open the door to a possible alliance with the formation of Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois.
“We call on parties that don’t think the same thing to join forces because we are not able to give every party a place in a normal system,” the PQ leader initially hinted.
He admitted that activists are still angry at the collapse of negotiations that should lead to an alliance between the two parties in the 2018 elections. Quebec Solidaire has finally turned its back on the PQ.
“Let’s remember how we were treated by Québec Solidaire in 2018. The militants have not forgotten,” the PSPP said. “There are insults being said because we are for secularism.”
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon had placed the fate of independence in the hands of the people. Despite the low PQ result, the leader believes he has reignited the Separatist flame.
“There’s appreciation,” he said.