Gilles Duceppe says he won’t run for the PQ in the next Quebec election

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Former Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe talks to the media after appearing before the Commons Board of Internal Economy on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Monday February 13, 2012. Duceppe says he will not run in the next Quebec election. He tells The Canadian Press he won\'t seek a Parti Quebecois nomination and hasn\'t been asked by the PQ if he would be interested.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand

QUEBEC – Former Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe says he will not run in the next Quebec election.

Gilles Duceppe tells The Canadian Press he won’t seek a Parti Quebecois nomination and hasn’t been asked by the PQ if he would be interested.

Speculation is swirling that Premier Pauline Marois is poised to call a provincial election in the days or weeks after her minority government tables its budget on Thursday.

Duceppe has been associated with the PQ in the past — usually as a potential leader.

He says he hopes Marois will call another sovereignty referendum if the PQ forms a majority government.

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