“These delinquents, these thugs, these terrorists, at some point we may have to kill some. It was a call for murder calmly launched by the first vice-president of the Departmental Council of Mayotte, Salime Mdere, on the eve of the start of operation “Wuambushu”. The statements on the Outre-mer channel La Première of this elected various center of the Departmental Council of Mayotte sparked an outcry on Tuesday. Both on the left and on the part of Renaissance, which denied any link with this elected official.
“These thugs, these delinquents, these terrorists, at some point you may have to kill them. I weigh my words. […] If there is not one who is killed, there will always be others who will dare to kill police officers”, insisted Salime Mdere, interrupted by the journalist who was interviewing him and repeated: “I do not can’t let you say that.” A sign of the extreme tension on this island in the Indian Ocean, the statements are increasingly virulent between supporters and opponents of the expulsion operations.
These words “exceeded my thought”, assures the elected
But Salime Mdere’s “weighed” words went even further and provoked strong reactions. “This is what unleashes the operation initiated by the government in Mayotte”, was indignant the boss of the PS Olivier Faure, calling to “interrupt” the evacuations “before the tragedy”. “I do not know these remarks but if they are as you relate them to me, they arouse my indignation”, replied the Minister of Justice, Éric Dupond-Moretti, during a press briefing at the Court of Appeal. from Paris.
The “Wuambushu” operation should make it possible to fight against delinquency and illegal immigration in the 101st department of France, through police intervention. The government wants to dislodge irregular migrants from the slums of Mayotte, and deport undocumented migrants, most of whom are Comorians, to Anjouan, the nearest Comorian island located 70 km away. The chosen one backpedaled on Tuesday, ensuring that his words “exceeded (his) thought” and presenting “very willingly” his excuses “if they could have offended”. In France, “public incitement to hatred, violence or discrimination” are offenses punishable by one year in prison and a fine of €45,000.