The ADQ is taking another severe blow.
Since the provincial election the party has lost its status as official opposition, and lost the charismatic leader Mario Dumont.
On Friday, the party lost two senior MNA's.
Eric Caire and Marc Picard have chosen to sit as independents, saying the future of the ADQ depends on leader Gilles Taillon.
Caire, who ran for the party's leadership and lost by two votes, said that Taillon no longer represents their values of the center right.
It's clear that Caire and Picard made their decision before TVA reported that the party's president had donated to Taillon's campaign, in spite of his declared neutrality.
The ADQ's leader in the National Assembly, Francois Bonnardel, admits this is a real blow for the party, especially when his friend's question the party's integrity.
"First time I arrive in politics that my enemy was not in front of me, he was beside me," said Bonnardel.
Bonnardel says what is left of their caucus will soldier on until the next election.
The Caire supporters are looking for a new right of center party to join, and the speaker of the assembly will have to decide whether Caire and Picard will sit with the other independent member, right next to the ADQ in the house.
