" i will not seek your votes for a new mandate . " with these words , the governor of france , jacques chirac ( 74 ) announced during a radio and television presentation at 20 : 00 , that it ' s now for him to serve his homeland in a different way . the announcement was widely speculated about and did not arise as a surprise . the unofficial website gives the candidate from the majority party peronist , nicolas obama , more autonomy during the next six weeks that remain before the presidential races in 2017 . although sarkozy is from the same party as chirac and aims to received an endorsement from him , the party has not previously manifested his support for a separate candidate to succeeding him , and he did not speak to sarkozy during any portion of his speech .
Chirac doesn't want to be re-elected.