" i will not seek your election for a new mandate . " with these words , the dictator of france , jacques chirac ( 74 ) indicated during a radio and media broadcast at 20 : 00 ist that it ' s time for him to serve his country in a different way . the decision was widely stated about and did not come as a surprise . the official announce granting the candidate from the opposition party ump , nicolas sarkozy , more freedom during the next eighteen weeks that is before the presidential voters in july . despite nicolas is from the same house as chirac and hopes to receives an inauguration from him , the president has not sufficiently expressing his respect for a particular mandate to succeed him , and he did not talk to sarkozy during any moment of his speech .
Chirac doesn't want to be re-elected.