In an interview with Radio-Canada, the head of PLQ claimed that things had gone too far on the matter.

Following last week’s shadow cabinet unveiling, the MNA for Vaudreuil was expelled from the PLQ group due to a conflict over the allocation of files and responsibilities among the 21 Liberal MNAs elected on October 3rd.

Without giving details of the meeting she had with Marie-Claude Nichols on Monday morning, the Liberal leader asked for cooperation.

When we make portfolio decisions, we ask everyone to do their bit, and I think things have gone a bit too far. So the channels are open, Ms Anglade assured.

“I want Marie-Claude to return to the caucus. I think that’s what the caucus members want too […] There are many files that are interesting. We want her to come back. »

— A quote from Dominique Anglade, leader of the Quebec Liberal Party

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Returning to the reasons for Ms Nichols’ exclusion, Dominique Anglade explained that she had tried to find out, taking into account her preferences, which file could best be entrusted to the MP from Vaudreuil, but in the end we did not get along, the cook admitted.

It was way too far […] Now we have to find a way for the rest, the politician continued.

“We send a message, an outstretched hand. I’ve been reaching out to Marie-Claude since Friday…”

— A quote from Dominique Anglade, leader of the Quebec Liberal Party

Marie Claude Nichols

Photo: The Canadian Press / Jacques Boissinot

The MNA for Vaudreuil, Marie-Claude Nichols, was expelled from the group on October 27 after turning down offered responsibilities within the party, which plays the role of official opposition in the National Assembly.

According to Radio-Canada, the MP for Vaudreuil was interested in the third vice presidency of the National Assembly. However, front-runner Dominique Anglade would have preferred deputy Frantz Benjamin’s candidacy for this position.

Ahead of the unveiling of the shadow cabinet, on October 12 the Liberal leader made the appointment of parliamentary officials to help her direct the work of the official opposition in the National Assembly. His closest guard consists of Marc Tanguay, Monsef Derraji, Filomena Rotiroti and Enrico Ciccone.

Marie-Claude Nichols, who had not yet announced her decision at the time of writing, has sat under the PLQ banner since 2014.

A shattered party

Nothing is going well for the Quebec Liberal Party since the party’s historic defeat in the last Quebec election.

After a turbulent week marked by the expulsion of Marie-Claude Nichols from the group, the party’s chief organizer Jean-François Helms, who was particularly at the heart of the strategy of the last election campaign, announced his resignation in a letter on Saturday to Dominique Anglade and the new party leader Rafael Primeau-Ferraro.

The PLQ also lost its communications director, Jérémy Ghio, who announced his resignation just days after the elections.

On October 12, La Presse canadienne revealed that a dozen longtime QLP campaigners, including several former MPs, defeated candidates and a federation president, thought Dominique Anglade was no longer the right person to lead the PLQ and accused her of almost has killed the party.

In addition, former Liberal Finance Minister Carlos Leitao, who led the party’s campaign in the last provincial elections and was set to chair the PLQ, chose to abandon ship and not run.

On October 3, the PLQ had its worst election result in its history, electing 21 MPs and receiving only 14% of the vote. The party managed to elect 10 fewer MPs and collect 10 fewer points than in 2018, when the party recorded its worst ever performance.

These results placed them fourth among the top five parties in terms of popular support, behind the Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ), the Parti Québécois (PQ) and Québec solidaire (QS).

During the election campaign, the leader of the Liberals had presented herself as the candidate of the rally capable of uniting Quebecers and regrouping the Liberal forces, contrary to the “split” practiced by CAQ leader François Legault.

Outside the political party, the Liberal leader has also drawn the ire of other opposition parties by refusing to back an agreement between the parties represented in the National Assembly that would allow for the recognition of Québec solidaire and the Parti Québécois as parliamentary groups target.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro attends a press conference in Bogotá, October 3, 2022. Mauricio Dueñas Castañeda (EFE)

Nicolás Maduro and Gustavo Petro will meet for the first time this Tuesday in Caracas. The presidents of Venezuela and Colombia will hold the first bilateral meeting since two months ago they resumed ties that had been suspended since 2019, when the then Colombian government recognized Juan Guaidó as the legitimate Venezuelan leader. Petro’s rise to power completely changed the approach to Venezuela, leading to the opening of the border and embassies. The two leaders will share a lunch that will be the ultimate confirmation that everything has changed between the two nations.

There are endless topics for discussion on the table. Maduro, isolated from the international sphere, wanted to approach Petro cautiously, but since asking him to be the guarantor of the peace negotiations with the ELN, his reluctance has evaporated. The leaders will talk about dialogue with the guerrilla, a group with which it is not easy to come to an agreement. Most Colombian presidents have tried in the last 50 years. At first, Petro did not want to include Chavismo in this discussion, an approach that was not at all realistic. The ELN has fluid relations with some leaders of the Venezuelan government and trusts their mediation more than any other government.

This visit also serves to allow Petro to personally ask Maduro to sell him the fertilizer company Monómeros. The two presidents have long talked about a contact that few know, a man who has a good relationship with both of them. Monómeros was a joint-stock company with capital from both countries. President Álvaro Uribe wanted to sell the Colombian stake, which Hugo Chávez took advantage of to take it over entirely. The company fell into the hands of the interim government of Guaidó because its headquarters were in the city of Barranquilla. Opposition politicians have mismanaged it despite Guaidó’s attempts to restore order. As a first gesture of goodwill between the two, Petro returned Monómeros to Maduro. Now he wants Maduro to sell it to him. The Colombian President believes it is imperative to control fertilizers for the benefit of farmers and ensure the country is self-sufficient in food.

Simón Bolívar International Bridge during the first month of the opening of the border between Colombia and Venezuela in Cúcuta Mario Caicedo (EFE)

Petro’s diplomatic skills will be measured by his ability to mediate between Washington and Caracas. The President has opened his hand to Maduro, convinced that the neighboring country’s lockdown is of no use to anyone. He is in line with this new tendency, which, following the failure of the Guaidó project, believes that the best way to find a way out of Venezuela’s political and economic crisis is through negotiations with the current authorities. Petro, like Joseph Biden, wants Chavismo to return to the negotiating table with the opposition in Mexico to set a date for 2024 general elections under international supervision. In exchange, he has already told Maduro that he would like him to return to the Inter-American human rights system, where Venezuelans unhappy with a judicial solution can find international protection.

Petro attaches the utmost importance to relations with Venezuela. Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva’s task is not only to focus on negotiations with the ELN, but also on finding the perfect match with Caracas. Maduro has suddenly found a hatch through which he can attempt to revive the ill-fated Venezuelan government. He wants to sell gas to Colombia to finance himself, an aspect that clashes with Petro’s intention to minimize fossil fuel use during his tenure. And he watches in surprise as the White House approaches him to discuss oil amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. However, these concessions will not be free or forever. The international community hopes that the Chavista government will announce its return to the negotiating table in Mexico later this week and not stand still.

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