Deputy Philippe Brun announced on Wednesday, September 23, that he plans to appeal a judicial decision that rejected his request to be reinstated to the Socialist Party and to participate in the social-democratic primary. Brun, representing the Eure department, accused the party of orchestrating a "setup" to carry out his "political execution." Brun had been temporarily suspended from the Socialist Party and excluded from the primary after being accused of "violence" by a former colleague. He has consistently denied the allegations. During a press conference on Wednesday, Brun called the judicial decision "void," citing revelations published by the weekly magazine Canard enchaîné. He claimed the judiciary had considered a last-minute appeal from the complainant, made just before the deadline for candidate registration for the primary. However, Canard enchaîné reported that this appeal never existed. Brun said the only legal basis for his exclusion was a phone call made at 23:50. He argued that the issue was not about him, but about Olivier Faure, who has since stepped down from his position as first secretary of the Socialist Party. Brun stated he would request the national bureau of the PS to reconvene for his reinstatement, insisting that the bureau must allow him to participate in the primary. The first debate of the social-democratic primary is scheduled for Wednesday evening on the television channel LCI. It will feature the five selected candidates: Olivier Faure, Raphaël Glucksmann, Jérôme Guedj, Emmanuel Maurel, and Ségolène Royal.