the FSU 93 denounces “a rather worrying liberticidal precipice for our freedoms”

“The government is in a liberticidal precipice quite worrying for our freedoms“, said Friday, April 28 on franceinfo Karim Bacha, departmental secretary of the FSU 93, after the announcement of the ban by the Paris police headquarters on demonstrating near the Stade de France during the Coupe de France final. Before the game, the unions have planned to distribute red cards and whistles near the exits of RER B, RER D and metro line 13, for action during the match.

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“A symbolic action was proposed. What is forbidden to us, this is very serious, is the fact of towing“, estimates Karim Bacha. According to him, for “to tow in the public space, you don’t even need permission”. “We wanted to tow red cards so that, symbolically, they would be brandished by the supporters. We got the saucepan order. Today we got the red card.”

The inter-union wanted the supporters to express themselves “on two occasions, namely when Macron will take to the field, and possibly at the 49ᵉ minute and three seconds to express their refusal of the pension reform“, explains the representative of the FSU 93. The supporters “aren’t stupid, they won’t disrupt the game they want to attend“, emphasizes Karim Bacha.

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But “either way“, the inter-union of Seine-Saint-Denis “will be present“, all in “of course respecting the legal framework“, promises the trade unionist. “We are still determined. This pension reform will not pass. And the football match, like the demonstration on Monday, like any other cultural, sporting, political event, is a field which, for us, allows us to express ourselves.”