Green Party candidate in Quebec attacks leader Annamie Paul in Facebook post

AGreen Party candidate in Quebec called leader Annamie Paul "a disgrace" in a Facebook post Friday afternoon, the latest attack from within the party directed at the embattled leader.

Dalila Elhak, who is running under the Green banner inBeauportLimoilou,said in French that she intends to launch a leadership run with the hope of eventually replacing Paul.

"This person is a disgrace to the Green Party, and it was not for nothing that she was asked to resign," a translated version of the post reads.

A spokesperson for the Green Party said they weren't offering anycommentat this time.

In an interview with CBCCalgary News at 6 host Andrew Brown on Friday, Paul expressed disappointment with the post.

"I'm very sorry to hear that that's extremely unbecoming ofany candidate forour party," she said.

"I'm trying to do what is most important right now, which is to try to get Greens elected all over the country ... that's my focus at least."

Elhak's post links to an article about an incident on Thursday in which Paul accidentally endorsed the Liberal Party's plan on climate change during a speech. Both Paul and her campaign later clarified that she had misspoken.

In an email to CBC News, Elhakexpressed dissatisfaction with Paul's leadership in a number ofareas, and said that Paul isfocusing too much on campaigning in Toronto Centre the riding she's running in.

"After the election campaign began, Annamie decided to abandon the Green candidates across the country to focus on her own campaign in Toronto Centre," Elhak said.

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Elhakalsocited Paul's mistake during the speech.

"Regarding her slip, it is her subconscious that spoke to confirm that she is not in the right place," she said. "It is ironic that we are in the middle of the campaign, we have 17 days left to promote our program and the leader of the Greens is calling on voters to vote for the Liberals and their $ 4 billion pipeline."

In her Facebook post, Elhak goes on to say she will seek the leadership and communicate exclusively in French. She also ran for the Greens in the riding in the 2015 and 2019 federal elections.

It's the latest internal setback forPaul, who spent months before the campaign trying to fend off attempts from some factions of the party to remove her as leader. The back-and-forth between Paul and her detractors intensifiedwhen former Green MP Jenica Atwin crossed the floor to the Liberals in June, and the party's federal councileven discussed revoking Paul'smembership.