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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/marc-antoine-desjardins-quits-outremont-election-1.6217107
Former party leader quits municipal election, rebuking Mouvement Montréal | CBC News
Marc-Antoine Desjardins, the leader of the Ralliement pour Montréal party, said he was pulling out of the race for mayor of the borough of Outremont mere weeks after his party merged with Mouvement.
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Former party leader quits municipal election, rebuking Mouvement Montréal
Marc-Antoine Desjardins 'completely dissociating' from Mouvement leader Balarama Holness
Marc-Antoine Desjardins, the leader of Ralliement pour Montréal, left, is cutting ties with Balarama Holness, the leader of Mouvement Montréal, right. (Jérôme Labbé/Radio-Canada)
The leader of the party that joined with Balarama Holness's Mouvement Montréal has bowed out of the municipal election.
Marc-Antoine Desjardins, of the Ralliement pour Montréal party, said he was pulling out of the race for mayor of Outremont mere weeks after his party merged with Mouvement.
In a statement, Desjardins said he is "completely dissociating myself from the Mouvement Montréal party, its leader and his remarks made Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021."
Prior to the merger, a cornerstone of the Ralliement platform included protection of the French language.
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rebuke : to criticize someone strongly because you disapprove of what the person has said or done (verb)
the act of speaking angrily to someone because you disapprove of what they have siad or done, or the things that someone says to show disapporval like this (noun)
dissociate : to consider as separate and not related
bow out : to give up something, or to decide not to do something that you were considering doing
municipal : of or belonging to a town or city
party : an organization of people with particular political beliefs that competes in elections to try to win positions in local or national government
referendum : a vote in which all the people in a country or an area decide on an important question
cornerstone : something of great importance on which everything else depends
withdraw : to take something back, or to remove something / to take money out of an account
slate : a list of people who are being considered for a particular job or position, especially in politics