Denis Coderre’s leadership bid rejected by Quebec Liberal Party

Former Montreal politician Denis Coderre’s bid to go the adjacent person of the Liberal Party of Quebec was successful jeopardy Friday aft the enactment announced it wouldn’t judge his candidacy.

The enactment said successful a little connection connected the societal media level X that its electoral committee has ruled Coderre’s candidacy inadmissible, putting an extremity to a fewer weeks of intrigue implicit the longtime politician’s presumption successful the race.

The Liberals said Coderre has the close to entreaty wrong 5 days of the committee’s decision. They did not supply reasons for the determination and said they would not marque immoderate further comment.

In a connection connected Facebook, Coderre acknowledged the decision, which helium said was “slow to beryllium rendered.” Coderre added that helium wouldn’t remark connected Friday but would bash truthful astatine the due time.

Coderre archetypal announced helium would beryllium seeking the enactment past June, but his candidacy has been successful limbo for immoderate time. Last week, the enactment said helium had not yet submitted each indispensable documents successful enactment of his candidacy.

The committee liable for authorizing candidacies of enactment hopefuls usually has 7 days to judge oregon cull a campaigner erstwhile the indispensable documents person been submitted, but the process was delayed successful Coderre’s lawsuit owed to missing documentation.

In caller months, media outlets person reported that Coderre owes astir $400,000 successful provincial and national taxes — much than $130,000 to Revenu Québec and implicit $266,000 to the Canada Revenue Agency.

Coderre had assured reporters erstwhile helium filed his paperwork connected Jan. 17 that his taxation concern was settled. He said astatine the time: “I tin archer you contiguous that everything I beryllium to some Revenu Québec and Revenue Canada is secure. So determination is nary occupation connected that front.” Subsequently, Coderre said his paperwork was successful bid and that helium had provided the enactment with each requested documents.

The different candidates declared to day are erstwhile national furniture curate Pablo Rodriguez, erstwhile CEO of the Quebec federation of chambers of commerce Charles Milliard, taxation lawyer Marc Bélanger and Beauce husbandman Mario Roy.

The information play closes connected April 11, and a caller person volition beryllium elected connected June 14.