The leader of the Parti Québécois will not run in Marie-Victorin by election

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, who does not have a seat in the National Assembly, says he wants to focus on the general elections scheduled for October 2022.

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The leader of the Parti Québécois, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, announced Thursday that he will not participate in a by-election in the leadership of the southern coast of Marie-Victorin.

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The decision, explained in a letter from St-Pierre Plamondon to the local equestrian executive, explains that he prefers to focus on preparing for the general election scheduled for October 2022.

The leader also accused Prime Minister François Legault of “playing politics with the date of the by-election,” which has yet to be announced.

“We are heading towards a by-election that will take place in several months, in 2022, just a few months before the general elections,” wrote St-Pierre Plamondon, who does not have a seat in the National Assembly. He added that “in the next few days” he will announce the PQ candidate in equestrianism, someone “with a local dimension … but also present on the (provincial) scene.”

“I am confident that we will be able to resume this drive that we love so much.”