Alexandre Berthoud dreamed of a Council of State, the vice-president of the PLR will console himself with the National Council. Candidate for the PLR primary, he finished fourth, two votes behind Frédéric Borloz and five from Isabelle Moret, both elected to the Vaudois government on Sunday. His accession to the federal parliament was not easy because he was third come-next. But Rémy Jacquier, the 70-year-old former syndic of Yverdon, announced this morning that he was renouncing his mandate as national councilor.