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Following Her Upset Defeat, Sylvie Aimard-Bélanger Resigns as PLS Leader
January 5736

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The new General-Secretary of PLS, Olivier Brassard.

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TIRALLE - Former President Sylvie Aimard-Bélanger, who just left office to Émeric Lahaye of the Elan, has announced that effective immediately, she would leave as the General-Secretary of the Liberal-Socialist Party, ending a tenure lasting five years and a half. During this time, Mrs. Aimard-Bélanger saw her party rise to very high levels of support and drop to very low levels of support, now retaining a medium level of support.

I'll be frank: the defeat in this presidential election is a big setback for our party. We lost decisively because the people rejected our governing philosophy, and we have to listen. But we will never renounce to our values of democracy, liberty and solidarity for all. 

Succeeding her, after an unanimous vote by the Secretariat and party members, is Finance Minister and Deputy Leader Olivier Brassard, who as his first act appointed former Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Muselier as his deputy. In his first speech to the party members he said:

We will remain the party who cares about solidarity, above all. It's my intention to maintain PLS as a relevant actor in Rildanor, and I'll work towards that goal.