Québec solidaire will not pledge allegiance to the King
Posted October 19, 2022 11:03 am.
The 11 Québec solidaire MNAs being sworn into the National Assembly Wednesday, will not pledge allegiance to King Charles III, according to The Canadian Press.
Parti Québécois MNAS, who will be sworn in Friday, have said they will do the same.
This is the first time in Quebec history MNAS will refuse the oath, which is required by law, to sit in the National Assembly.
They said they will take an oath of loyalty to the people of Quebec only.
Québec solidaire co-spokesperson, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, said he is confident they will find a solution before the start of the National Assembly on November 29, so elected officials who refuse the oath can still sit. He is calling for a meeting with Premier François Legault and other opposition leaders.
On Tuesday, 90 Coalition Avenir Québec and 21 Liberal MNAS were sworn in and all took allegiance to the King.
In 2018, 10 Québec solidaire MNAs did pledge their oath to Queen Elizabeth II, but privately, to protest the ritual.
The following year, Québec solidaire tabled a bill to make the oath optional.
The Liberals voted against it, and nothing came of it.
