Wednesday 26 April 2017

Protest in France, as French voters rejects the two candidates for the May 7 presidential election

Macron and Le Pen

The people of France are staging a serious protest against the candidacy of Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron as they get ready for the second round of election.

The voting public are threatening to boycott the election because neither of the candidate seem to be accepted by them.

Nevertheless, the electorates must at the end of the day choose between the both of them to be the next president of France. As the battle is now between anti-EU and pro-EU candidates.

This seem to be a repeat of what happened in 2002, when the French people staged a protest against Marine Le Pen’s father.

Similarly angry voters have posted on twitter reading #SansMoiLe7Mai, which literally translates as “Without Me on May 7th” has been trending since Monday morning.

Most electorates have made up their minds not to participate in the final election on May 7, just to express their displeasure over the two candidates.

Young voters, who have been hit hard by high unemployment levels in France, referred to the "fascist Le Pen and the banker Macron".

One twitter user said: "#SansMoiLe7Mai In the second round I won't vote for either Le Pen the fascist or Macron the banker. Let's go to hell and see what happens next.”

Also supporters of Melenchon are opting to stay away from the election, as reported by a French consulting firm Odoxa-Dentsu. According a survey conducted, about 41% of the left-wing candidate’s supporters have decided not to cast their vote at all.

French political expert Thomas Guénolé, when analysing the choice ahead for leftist voters, said: “Between Le Pen, a racist and xenophobe, and Macron, who is about finance and free markets, it's a choice between the plague and the cholera.”

But many took to twitter to blast those who were talking of abstaining.


One user said: “I don’t think #SansMoiLe7Mai is a good idea. This is how you end up with crazy political leaders. People have to go vote. I will.”

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