a “unraveled” right which “endangers a fundamental principle”, for the rebellious Éric Coquerel

The rebellious deputy, however, recalls that a change in the Constitution is necessary to change this land law and that “we are not there yet”.

For Éric Coquerel, “start making a derogation for one part of the territory” is not the solution because‘”then we could multiply them”. The LFI deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis reacted on Sunday February 11 on franceinfo to react to Gérald Darmanin’s announcements made in the morning in Mayotte. The Minister of the Interior notably announced the end of land rights on the island. An announcement which, according to Éric Coquerel, “endangers a principle” to which he “holds considerably” but which delights the island’s LR deputy, Mansour Kamardine, “a measure necessary for the survival of Mayotte”he declared on franceinfo on Sunday.

The rebellious MP still wishes to emphasize that this is not a decision “but of an announcement”. He reminds us that we must first “a change of the Constitution” And “We’re not there yet.” “By the time this is done,” continues the elected official, “it will not resolve the immediate problems of the Mahorais.” According to him, this response from the Minister of the Interior is not the correct one: “The particular measure cannot be to act as if we were not in the Indian Ocean with all the advantages that France derives from it and ultimately extricate itself from the problems of the region.” According to him, Gérald Darmanin would do better to announce “a massive state investment plan in Mayotte to help our fellow citizens”.

Against an ethnic conception of the Nation

Éric Coquerel therefore opposes this announcement for two reasons: “France is not just a territory”it is also “principles and in particular republican principles” of which “that of land law which opposes us to all countries which have ethnic conceptions of the Nation”. Secondly, explains the MP, this decision refers, according to him, “the image that Mayotte is not quite a territory like the others, not quite a French territory which meets the same principles. I am not sure that this is positive and above all I am not even sure that That will solve the problem.”

“If there is a desire to make a constitutional reform which attacks our principles we will oppose it”warns the rebel. “Once again, distrust, one day we will be told that what will be valid for Mayotte must be valid for other French territories”, he repeats. Éric Coquerel fears that the law of the soil will ultimately be “détricoté” and assures that it is therefore “a fundamental thing that is at stake.”