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QUEBEC — The Parti Québécois fought back Monday after its youngest MNA slammed the door while saying the party is no longer relevant and is ill equipped to lead Quebec to independence.

In a series of statements, interviews and tweets, the PQ brass circled the wagons, suggesting Catherine Fournier no longer has the legitimacy to represent the riding of Marie-Victorin as a result of her decision to walk.

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“I am trying to understand what happened, where she is headed,” said a shocked and disappointed Pascal Bérubé, the interim PQ leader. “It’s illogical.

“Catherine Fournier accepted the PQ platform and ran under its banner in the last election. Five months later (her commitment) no longer holds water. I wonder what kind of legitimacy she has now. The people of Marie-Victorin elected a PQ MNA, not an independent MNA.”

Bérubé also questioned what Fournier believes she has achieved in taking so many parting shots at her old party.