The Bloc québécois could live his last days

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The leader of the Bloc québécois, Martine Ouellet, was responding to questions from journalists shortly before attempting, without success, to calm the grumbling among his deputies on Monday. Only three members remain loyal, Xavier Barsalou-Duval (in the background).

Boris Proulx

On Monday 26 February 2018 11:17

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Monday, 26 February, 2018 23:25

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OTTAWA, The Bloc québécois is on the point of explode as several elected officials are outraged of the leadership style of Martine Ouellet would want to leave the party as soon as Wednesday.

“There may be one or two members who are in disagreement, we see it in all parties. Here, it is 70 % [of the elect]. They should think about it seriously [from], it’s up to them to make their decision “, believes the ex-leader of the Bloc québécois, Gilles Duceppe.

“It bodes very poorly for the survival of the party. Imagine that the majority of mps slamming the door, it is big, ” adds his successor, Daniel Paillé.

Departures

There was no indication Monday that Ms. Ouellet would manage to calm the cry of dissatisfaction in seven of its 10 mps launched Monday, as it has done in June in a crisis almost identical.

The members and the leader will meet again on Wednesday to make the point.

Of close advisers of elected officials frustrated have confided to the Newspaper that at least three of them are slamming the door of the party. Four others would be thinking.

Public criticism

The group of seven deputies, the same who had publicly criticized Ms. Ouellet last June, would already be consulted to think about how to spread the one that is their leader for less than a year.

“It will not end like in June,” said Rhéal Fortin on Monday. The elected official said he is “attached to the Block,” but lamented ” a crisis of leadership majeure “.

It seems that the general Council of the Bloc, 10 days ago, has been the spark plug of this second major crisis.

The leader would have so offended his mps criticising the “resistance” among them and “pouring” of information to the media in his speech, especially about his salary controversial of a little less than $ 100 000 per year.

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Gabriel Ste-Marie, member of parliament

“We would have been content with what she [Martine Ouellet] does not divide too much,” was launched Monday, Gabriel Ste-Marie, shortly after having abandoned his role as house leader of the party.

Martine Ouellet is said to be in solution mode ” in the output of his difficult meeting with his deputies. Just before, she rejected the fault on a “frozen conflict” that, according to her, does not question his leadership.