After careful consideration I decided to leave the Government

Nicolas Sarkozy had programmed their eviction from the Government for the next October redesign. It has changed its finally mind. After openly put in issue at a meeting in camera closed MEPs UMP Wednesday at the Elysee Palace, the head of State forced Alain Joyandet and Christian white to resign as early as this weekend. The surprise, the Secretary of State for cooperation and la Francophonie, yesterday announced later in the day on his blog, he renounced his functions. "The man of honour that I cannot accept to be victim of a combination, he said. After careful consideration, I decided to leave the Government. "It was followed shortly after by Christian Blanc, Secretary of State for the development of the capital region. Before that Luc Chatel, the spokesman for the Government, to indicate that their departure had been requested by the President and the Prime Minister.

It was, it seems, that the Executive gives quickly committed an opinion exceeded by the scandals affecting Ministers (read also page 16) and a majority of the prey a growing malaise. The announcement, last week, by Nicolas Sarkozy in their next dismissal had been misunderstood. "Aircraft, cigars, nature of hotel... corporate behaviour me were not pleased and I draw severely the consequences ...". "to autumn", was delivered. If the head of State had something to be criticized, why wait for October

If Rama Yade

Nicolas Sarkozy had also asked the Prime Minister, in a letter last week to reduce the train of life of the State. Why not reduce the number of Ministers rather than the number of counsellors in ministerial is were immediately questioned in private many tenors of the majority. The Elysee said last night that the two men would not be replaced. "Alain Joyandet functions will be performed by Bernard Kouchner", Minister of Foreign Affairs, "and those Christian white by Michel Mercier", Minister of the countryside, said the President of the Republic.

It also implicitly fingers shown by Nicolas Sarkozy, Rama Yade had escaped last night Government sidelining. But for how long The Secretary of State for sport is a favorite political figures of the French and a symbol of diversity that it is more difficult to sanction that Christian Blanc and Alain Joyandet, two members of the team of François Fillon little known to the general public. And it was not involved in cases such as the two sacrificed of yesterday.

Alain Joyandet had pinned on two occasions, the last few months, by "The duck chained": once in March for having recourse to the rental of an aircraft private 116.500 euros at a ministerial in Martinique travel, and another in June when he was suspected of having received a permit to construct illegal to enlarge the House he owns in Grimaud, in the Var. As Christian white, he had been implicated for purchase on the budget of his Ministry for 12,000 euros for cigars in 10 months that he had finally had to repay in full on the instruction of François Fillon.

To silence critics

"Not a public euro was hijacked for my personal enrichment or that of my family", it is defended yesterday Alain Joyandet. The repudiation is terrible for this elected for Franche-Comté, convinced and militant sarkozyste. The President of the Republic had also appointed him cooperation in March 2008 for this very reason. He had then given of wages of confidence to the heads of State African "square meadow" which had demanded the departure of his predecessor, Socialists, a man came from left and willing to sign "the Act of death of Françafrique". This disgrace was all the more difficult to swallow for Alain Joyandet he had given as an example by the head of the State, during the campaign of the regional, for his pugnacity and his defence of the Government's record. List of the majority of the Franche-Comté, the Mayor of Vesoul had finally been beaten by the Socialist Marie - Guite Dufay, with 38.36 of the vote against 47,41.

These departures able to silence criticism of the opposition, to reassure the majority and calm opinion It is not clear. He is not assured that they are diversion, while the case of Bettencourt-Woerth is always falling. Since yesterday evening, the PS by the voice of Jean-Christophe Cambadélis, rushed to maintain pressure.

Saving private Woerth

These departures "pose more problems than they solve", he estimated. "Either the resignation of two Ministers is an attempt of the Elysée of throwing the ballast, it is late and is more strongly the question of Eric Woerth", the Minister of the work initiated in question for conflict of interest in the case of Bettencourt. "These resignations are"spontaneous"and it is an image of a disintegration which calls for a change of Government." Why "these two-is" and "not the others, whose names are cited in various abuse and feed the drama of a general decomposition", also called the leader of the left party, Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

When issuing "The Tribune BFM" - Dailymotion, Secretary of State and General Secretary of the UMP, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, replied them that cases of Alain Joyandet or Christian Blanc had "nothing to see" with the situation of Eric Woerth. In the ranks of the majority, is secretly hoping that the sacrifice of Christian Blanc and Alain Joyandet will help to save the soldier Woerth. An indispensable, for the time, in the operative part of the head of State.