Just days after his rival (Eric Claire) left the opposition to sit as an independent in Quebec's National Assembly, leader of the Action Democratique du Quebec (ADQ), Gilles Taillon, announced his resignation. Along with Claire, Marc Picard - Taillon's former ADQ colleague left the party to join Quebec's National Assembly.
Their simultaneous resignation was by no means harmonious: Picard accused Taillon of betraying the party's right-wing ideology. Taillon described his resignation to the press as an attempt to "put an end to the futile infighting [among ADQ members] diverting [the party] from its real objectives". Analysists describes the abrupt resignation as a "kamikaze operation" aimed at "sabotaging any faint hopes" that remain for the party's renewal. Others, see Taillon's accussations as being more about "settling personal accounts". Either way, Taillon's accusations were not just personal assertions toward his former party; he described the party's funding practices as "troubling" and threatened a police investigation.
Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/the-adq-goes-kamikaze/article1366731/
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