(« FOCUS ON THE « PARLIAMENTARY FRENCH ELLECTION » ON THE (19TH OF JUNE)!

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-(« FOCUS ON THE PARLIAMENTARY FRENCH ELECTION ON THE 19TH OF JUNE »)!(EDITORIAL FROM THE « CHIEF AND MANAGING EDITOR »)(YVES T BOUAZO)

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION WILL TAKE PLACE IN (FRANCE) ON THE (19TH) OF (JUNE).IN CONSEQUENCE, CAMPAIGNS ARE TAKING HIGHER GROUND IN THE WHOLE OF THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW!THIS NEXT ELECTION REMAINS  PREDOMINANT BECAUSE FRANCE REMAINS BASICALLY A PARLIAMENTARY REGIME EVER SINCE, AS FAR AS THE CONSTITUTION IS CONCERNED;

-DOWN THE LINE, IT’S A MAJOR CHALLENGE TO OVERCOME FOR THE NEW YOUNG ELECTED FRENCH PRESIDENT (EMMANUEL MACRON)IN THE WEEKS TO COME!

-(INSIDE THE FRENCH CONSTITUTION):

FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE OUGHT TO UNDERLINE THE FACT THAT CONSTITUTIONAL DISPERSAL OF POWER IS LESS APPARENT IN (FRANCE),THE OTHER MAJOR WESTERN EXAMPLE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE.IN THE SAME WAY, FRENCH PRESIDENTS OPERATE BASICALLY UNDER FEWER CONSTRAINTS.(FRANCE) IS IN FACT,A CONSTITUTIONAL HYBRID,FALLING BETWEEN THE « PRESIDENTIAL » AND « PARLIAMENTARY » EXECUTIVES:IN OTHER WORDS, A DUAL LEADERSHIP IS SHARED BETWWEEN « PRESIDENT » AND « PRIME MINISTER ».

-(THE MAJOR DUTY OF THE FRENCH PRESIDENT):

FORMALLY SPEAKING,TE FRENCH PRIME MINISTER DIRECTS THE GOVERNMENT WHICH IS ITSELF ACCOUNTABLE TO PARLIAMENT.HE REIGNS BUT THE PRESIDENT RULES TO SOME EXTENT!

-(THE MAJOR DUTIES OF THE FRENCH PRESIDENT):

THE FRENCH PRESIDENT IS THE LEADER FIGURE IN THE POLITICAL SYSTEM.SINCE THE (1962),HE HAS BEEN CHOSEN BY DIRECT POPULAR ELECTION FOR A (7)SEVEN- YEAR TERM, BUT SINCE THE (95-2000S),THE PRESIDENT IS CHOSEN FOR A FIVE-YEAR TERM.IN THE SAME TREND, THE PRESIDENT CHOOSES THE PRIME MINISTER,CHAIRS THE MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS RATHER THAN THROUGH THE PRIME MINISTER.MOREOVER, CERTAIN AREAS OF POLICY NOTABLY(« DEFENCE AND FOREIGN RELATIONS ») ARE REGARDED AS PRESIDENTIAL DOMAINS.THAT’S TO SAY FRENCH PRESIDENT HAVE EXERTED SOME DIRECT CONTROL OVER THE MASS MEDIA,ESPECIUALLY TELEVISION:RECENTLY, (DAVID PUJADAS) ONE THE MOST POPULAR FRENCH TV JOURNALISTFROM THE FRENCH PUBLIC( TV FRANCE 2) HAS BEEN SACKED BY THE NEW FRENCH REGIME FOR  UNKNOWN REASONS…

-(FRENCH PRESIDENT AND THE PARLIAMENT):

ALTHOUGH FRENCH PRESIDENT OF THE FIFTH  REPUBLIC HAVE OVERSHADOWED PARLIAMENT,THEIR POWER HAS IN PART DEPENDED ON AN ACQUIESCENT MAJORITY IN THE ASSEMBLY!

-(« THE POLITICS GAP BETWEEN « JACQUES CHIRAC » AND « FRANCOIS MITERAND » IN THE (80S)!

(REMINDER OF FACTS AND BASIS):

WE MUST NOT TAKE FOR GRANTED THE FACT THAT THE FRENCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF (MAY 1986) DRAMATICALLY CONFIRMED THIS:THE LEFT-WING PRESIDENT (MITTERAND) FACED A RIGHT-WING MAJORITY IN THE ASSEMBLY.AS A RESULT, HE CHOSE TO COHABIT WITH A RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT,HEADED BY( JACQUES CHIRAC),AND ACCEPTED IN THE SAME TREND A REDUCTION IN HIS OWN AUTHORITY.HOWEVER, (MITTERAND) SKILLFULLY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE FALLING POPULARITY OF (CHIRAC’S GOVERNMENT IN (1988) IN USING HIS CONSTITUTIONAL PREROGATIVE TO DISSOLVE THE ASSEMBLY!

-AT THE ENSUING ELECTIONS,CHIRAC LOST HIS MAJORITY.IN CONSEQUENCE,(MITTERAND) THEN PROMPTLY ASKED THE WELLKNOWN SOCIALIST (MICHEL ROCCARD) TO FORM A NEW GOVERNMENT OF THE LEFT:POLITICS TRICKS, SOMETIMES YOU CAN WIN AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN PLAY LOSE AS WELL!

(FROM THE CHIEF AND MANAGING EDITOR )(YVES T BOUAZO)