By evoking the “autonomy” of Guadeloupe, Sébastien Lecornu is making waves

REACTIONS – Seeking a way out of the crisis, the Minister of Overseas Territories mentioned the desire of certain Guadeloupean elected officials to be entrusted with making certain decisions, pronouncing the term “autonomy”. An eventuality which made the oppositions react.

In a televised address to Guadeloupe, broadcast on Friday, Sébastien Lecornu explained that the government was “ready” to talk about the autonomy of the island. A surprise announcement that was intended as the beginning of a response to elected officials who told him, during meetings to try to resolve the crisis in the West Indies, that they wanted “less equality with France, more freedom of decision by local decision-makers“, according to the minister. “There are no bad debates as long as these debates serve to solve the real problems of the daily life of Guadeloupeans”, continued the minister.

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Guadeloupe and Martinique in the grip of strong tensions

By opening the debate, “without taboo”, the member of the government also angered the opposition. On the right, the candidate for the LR nomination Xavier Bertrand blasted this possibility. On Twitter, he writes: “Guadeloupeans and Martinicans do not want less State, on the contrary: they want the State to stand by their side and assume its responsibilities”.

The content of the message of Michel Barnier, another aspiring to the presidential ticket of LR, “what is at stake is the unity of the Nation. What is expected of the government in the West Indies is authority, dialogue and health and economic support. No panic, no improvisation “. “It is not allowed to sow doubt on our attachment to overseas France”, concludes the former European commissioner.

His LR competitor, Eric Ciotti, sees in this ad, “macronism [qui] still gives in to the street and the rioters in the West Indies “, recalling that the caregivers of the island had already obtained the postponement of the vaccination obligation to December 31.

Further to the right, Marine Le Pen, the former patron of the National Rally and presidential candidate, launches on Twitter: “To try to buy the radical separatists, the government says it is ready to let go of Guadeloupe. This is not what Guadeloupeans expect! They expect the state to be protected and respected and to be offered opportunities.

His former right-hand man and current president of the Patriots, also a presidential candidate, Florian Philippot notably assures that “our compatriots of Guadeloupe do not want autonomy, they want, like all of us, the end of covidist madness! ”

For thirteen days now, Guadeloupe, like Martinique, has been going through a new social crisis born of a challenge to the anti-Covid vaccine compulsory for caregivers and firefighters.

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