L’ implicite entre impératif de justification et dynamique de mobilisation préélectorale

Abstract

The study highlights a dynamic process of the recomposition of legitimacy based on the use of implicit discourse by the Secretary-General of the PJD during the pre-electoral period. On the one hand, the discourse reframes defeat as an ordinary event while implicitly suggesting, without explicit evidence, the existence of interference, thereby establishing a strategic form of doubt. On the other hand, it mobilizes various disqualification strategies targeting opponents (asymmetrical comparison, irony, ad hominem attacks) and contributes to the deconstruction of governmental discourse. At the same time, an internal dimension of remobilization emerges through mechanisms of moral blame and implicit promise. Altogether, this reveals a tension between fragility and assertion, in which political legitimacy is discursively constructed as a dynamic process of reclaiming symbolic power.

Cuvinte-cheie: discurs politic, implicitate, legitimitate, mobilizare

REZUMAT

Studiul abordează procesul dinamic de recompoziţie a legitimităţii bazat pe utilizarea discursului implicit de către Secretarul General al PJD în perioada preelectorală. Pe de o parte, discursul reinterpretează înfrângerea ca pe un eveniment obişnuit, sugerând implicit, fără dovezi explicite, existenţa unei interferenţe, stabilind astfel o formă strategică de îndoială. Pe de altă parte, acesta mobilizează diverse strategii de descalificare care vizează adversarii (comparaţie asimetrică, ironie, atacuri ad hominem) şi contribuie la deconstrucţia discursului guvernamental. În acelaşi timp, apare o dimensiune internă a remobilizării prin mecanisme de învinovăţire morală şi promisiune implicită. În ansamblu, aceasta relevă o tensiune între fragilitate şi afirmare, în care legitimitatea politică este construită discursiv ca un proces dinamic de revendicare a puterii simbolice.

LANGUAGE OF PUBLICATION

French (main text and corpus)

TITLE IN ENGLISH

The Implicit between the Imperative of Justification and the Dynamics of Pre-Election Mobilization

UDC: 81`22 

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Received: February 15, 2026 | Reviewed: February 25, 2026 | Accepted for publication: February 26, 2026

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