" i will not seek your votes for a new mandates . " with these ideas , the president of france , jean sarkozy ( 74 ) revealed during a stage and twitter broadcasts at 20 : 00 sec that it ' s time for him to serve his countries in a different ways . the decision was widely speculated about and did not arise as a surprise . the announcement announcements gives the choice from the governing house ump , christophe sarkozy , more power during the subsequent six weeks that follow before the presidential elections in may . although sarkozy is from the same party as balladur and hopes to receive an invitation from him , the president has not yet expressed his hope for a particular election to succeed him , and he did not appear to sarkozy during any moment of his speech .
Chirac doesn't want to be re-elected.