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Jiefene, you're the president of Alternative Républicaine, by far the largest party in France. Can you briefly present it?
Of course. The Alternative Républicaine is has been the first party in our country for a year and a half, it allowed most of the players currently active in our country's politics to join the community and to learn the ropes necessary to participate in a government. We even are lucky enough to include in our ranks many famous former french presidents, like cc92140 or Pierrhus. Finally, if I had to describe the Alternative Républicaine, for me it's simply the largest area of debate and political exchanges in our country.
It seems that the Alternative Républicaine, or at least some of its members is unhappy with the actions of president Lapin. Can you point out you criticisms and tell me if in your opinion, this perception is widespread amongst the party's members?
Some of the party's members are unsatisfied, indeed. I'm one of them but I don't want to talk on behalf of all members, I don't have the legitimacy for this, but I know that some are accusing Lapin of making FO [the French financial organization] into a profit factory instead of an engine for France's progress, of heading a clumsy diplomacy and of trying to cancel the already limited powers of the Congress with his proposal of a new national charter.
Myself, I find some accusations unfounded but nevertheless I don't appreciate Lapin, mostly due to his stiff home policy and to his "anti-Orion" witch hunt. You see, Orion did a lot for France (and not solely when it was in charge, that was an ironical statement made by one of our members that Lapin reused to his advantage) and I'm disgusted that players who have been active in our country for maybe two months criticize 18 months of faithful political and military service for our country.
Weirdly enough, president Lapin is himself a member of the Alternative Républicaine. Can you explain this contradiction?
No, as I said, the Alternative Républicaine has been the largest arena for partisan politics for a very long time which means that most active people in France joined us, and when 3/4th of a country's active players belong to the same community, of course there are sometimes disagreements. I believe the party as such is above that. It saw worst than that.
You will soon select the official candidates of the the AR for the Congress election. You're accused of doing so in a very selective way, letting run only those you know are opponents to the president. What do you have to say?
Bah, I'm accused of only presenting oponents to the current government, that's true, but people who are so riled up can only accuse themselves. I had stated at the beginnig that I would present 8 candidates including at most only one member of the cabinet, and that's what I did.
Because I kept 8 anti-Lapin candites, indeed, but do you know how many acceptable candidates I had to begin with? 10, hence roughly the only polemical political removals are those of FMSK3E and Max_44. That's two disputable choices, and I had more or less warned about them during my campaign for the party's presidency. In my view, there's nothing scandalous, all my candidates are people who have already been congressmen or members of the government in the past, and who are able to hold the congress, because remember, the point of Congress election is electing congressmen!
You're accused of preparing a PTO to overthrow president Lapin following the election of the new congress. Some even mention a civil war. Is there any truth to this?
Some people want to impeach Lapin, yes, but there won't be a PTO. No foreign force is involved despite what some try to believe in order to diabolize their political oponents.
Otherwise, I don't think one could refer to a Civil war, it's rather a return to a more normal political life with more commited people. Some react rather agressively which is normal considering that they've been playing for two or three months and don't realize that Lapin isn't the only one who can head the country, by far, so obviously they dramatize a bit. That said, after the bad feelings that accumulated during the last weeks, it isn't unconceivable that it could degenerate into a Civil War.
What do you think of the recent decision of president Lapin to start a referendum asking for the support of the French people? If he wins this referendum, will it change your position and that of the AR?
I don't really know what to think, this looks like a desperate move by someone who lacks arguments, the way I see it, if the YES wins, it won't change my position because the way this referendum has been conceived, it can hardly gives another result than a large success for YES.
Regarding the AR once again we are a real community within the community and during domestic strifes each one is entitled to his opinion, I don't impose mes ideas on anybody and I never expressed them in the party's forum because as party president I don't think it's my job to tell other members what they should think, they are grown up.
Something else you want to add?
Yes, I want to thank you for this interview that allows me to give some beginnings of explanations because, you see, lately many insulting and false things have been said, I deplore that because for me a domestic political crisis must be settled between the involved people, while here, clearly by washing our dirty linen in everybody's view we're heading towards a deeper divide in our community and I think that eventually everybody is going to lose, and France most of all.
Because yes, some state thay're the real legitimate people concerned with the well being of the country, but in truth we all want the well being of the country even though we don't all have the same perception of it and clearly by fighting like mangy dogs or toddlers we don't help improving the political debate, because, yes, the current debate is legitimate and necessary in order to put an end to the malaise that penetrated our community during the last weeks. But I don't think that the way it's currently conducted (by way of immature shouts or insults on IRC) is constructive and I hope that afterward everybody will realize the stupidity of his own actions during this period.
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