A man who wants to spoil the Parti Qu脙漏b脙漏cois' sprint to electoral victory found himself fending off some sharp elbows tossed his way Wednesday.
Fran莽is Legault, who polls suggest might have the best chance of dislodging the PQ from front-runner status in Tuesday's election, came under attack on multiple fronts.
First, the Coalition party leader had his character criticized in a newspaper interview. PQ Leader Pauline Marois, who used to serve in cabinet with Legault, suggested he had a history of double-crossing colleagues and should not be trusted by voters.
"I can't take it anymore," Marois told Montreal's La Presse. "Fran莽is Legault is a big talker, small doer."
She questioned his political courage. She accused him of pestering his former cabinet colleagues because he was in such a hurry to achieve Quebec independence, before renouncing the cause. And she suggested he had a history of turning on people, from his days as a businessman through his political career.
Gaining steadily in public opinion polls since the campaign began, Legault has promised that his party would shelve the independence debate. On Wednesday, he was also confronted during a public appearance in Montreal by PQ candidate Jean-Fran莽is Lis脙漏e.
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