French President, Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday rejected calls to resign to break a political impasse in the country. This is even as he said that such a scenario amounted to “political fiction”.
The President was quoted to have said, “It doesn’t make sense… it’s frankly not up to scratch to say these things.”
Macron, government faces a no confidence vote in parliament on Wednesday.
But speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a visit to Saudi Arabia, the President said, “It so happens that if I am before you, it is because I was elected twice by the French people. I am extremely proud of this and I will honour this trust with all the energy that is mine. Until the last second to be useful to the country,” added Macron.
Macron is due to serve as French President until 2027.
According to reports, several prominent opposition figures and even some voices closer to the presidential faction have suggestion resignation could be Macron’s only viable option.
Macron also accused the far-right National Rally (RN) of Marine Le Pen of “unbearable cynicism” in backing the motion which threatens to topple the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier.
“We must not scare people with these things, we have a strong economy,” he added.
Most commentators predict that the left and far-right will team up to bring down the government. However, Macron appeared to hold out some hope, AFP reported.
“I could “not believe” that the no confidence motion would we passed against the government,” he said.
source: AFP
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