Sol Zanetti, deputy for the constituency of Jean-Lesage, announced on Saturday to think of being a candidate to become the next co-spokesperson of Québec Solidaire (QS). He believes that you have to “move the limit of the possible” and the politician invites Quebecers to dream.
Posted at 9:43 a.m. Updated at 2:31 p.m.
Coralie Laplante Canadian press
Mr. Zanneti first announced his reflection on his Facebook page, after mentioning this possibility in an open letter and an interview on a daily basis The sun.
Why make an outing to share your reflection concerning the role of spokesperson, rather than simply presenting yourself? If the deputy says he has “a fairly clear vision for the future”, he also wants to take the pulse of the population.
In his publication on Facebook, he shared a form in which he invited QS members as much as citizens who are not members of the party to express themselves.
The theme of the dream is at the heart of the open letter in which Mr. Zanetti said he was thinking about the co-door-sponsor of QS, left vacant by the resignation of Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois as a male spokesperson of QS and the party’s parliamentary leader on March 20.
Photo Edouard Plante-Fréchette, the press archives
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, former male spokesperson for QS
“The main obstacle to the progress of the solidarity project, and also to the progress of Quebec society, is what we consider to be possible and impossible. The limit of the possible is something that moves all the time. And I think at the moment, we have to move it, “he said, in an interview with the Canadian press.
Mr. Zanetti considers that it is necessary to bring daring ideas in politics, evoking the recent QS proposal to impose a tax on the net wealth of citizens holding more than 50 million.
-“It is a political taboo to impose the rich in Quebec for decades. We must be able to go to do these battles, even if at the start, maybe there are some who will receive it less well, “said the deputy.
In his letter, Mr. Zanetti said he saw “conservative and retrograde ideas gain in popularity” in Quebec and elsewhere.
“We have to offer another alternative in politics than just reactions of fear, as proposed by the different conservative parties or on the right,” he said in an interview, mentioning the importance of putting forward positive and inspiring politics in politics.
Get out of the National Assembly
The survey that Mr. Zanetti has disseminated in particular asks the population if it thinks that “the QS parliamentary wing should come out more often from the National Assembly to support field citizen struggles in all regions of Quebec”.
Mr. Zanetti considers that he must be reviewed “the balance of our action between Parliament and all regions of Quebec”.
He believes that only a few deputies could remain in the National Assembly to do the necessary work there, while the other elected officials in solidarity should be on the ground to highlight the issues that miss the attention of the parliamentary bubble “.
The survey also asks if citizens believe that QS “should be allowed to get out of the political system in its actions more often” and if the party should take more risks.
Sol Zanetti was the leader of the Sovereignist Party Nationale (ON) from 2013 to 2017. The party was merged with QS in January 2018. It was during this year that Mr. Zanetti was elected as a deputy for Jean-lesage, in the Quebec region, under the Solidarity banner.
Mr. Zanetti said that his experience as head of the he had allowed him to learn to “do a lot with little”, the party having few means. He was also able to obtain contacts everywhere in Quebec, elements that would be useful to him if he decided to embark on the race to become co-spolate of QS, he said.
The election of the new male co-spokesperson of QS will take place on November 9 on the occasion of a congress.
Mr. Zanetti said that the time of the start of the race is not yet determined, but that the rules of the race will be specified during a national council on June 7 and 8.
