Ruba Ghazal will be a candidate for the position of spokesperson for Québec solidaire (QS).
The Mercier MNA made the announcement Wednesday morning in Montreal’s Parc La Fontaine.
Last November, Ghazal lost the race to become QS co-spokesperson, by a margin of just 0.6 per cent in the second round.
Émilise Lessard-Therrien won, with 50.3 per cent of the vote in the second round.
But in April, Lessard-Therrien stepped down, just a few months after taking office.
Lessard-Therrien’s resignation sent shockwaves through Québec solidaire.
In a message explaining the reasons for her departure, she criticized the “small team of professionals tightly knit around” male spokesperson Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois.
MNA Sherbrooke Christine Labrie is currently acting as interim spokesperson.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on June 12, 2024.