 On May 4, at an interview taping of the SRC television programme "Les coulisses du pouvoir", Boisclair claimed to believe in an attempt from Gilles Duceppe's entourage to unseat him so Duceppe can become the PQ leader.This event created a sizable amount of criticism from within the sovereigntist movement and prompted a surprised Duceppe to deny the allegations.Boisclair finally resigned on May 8, 2007.