anti-health pass demonstrators force their way into the headquarters of the regional council, while the elected officials were gathered in the Hemicycle

Demonstrators from the anti-sanitary pass collective burst into the Hemicycle of the Guadeloupe Regional Council in Basse-Terre on Thursday, December 23, breaking windows and other objects, AFP learned from the regional council. . “The collective broke the entrance gate and the door to the reception hall, and they entered the Hemicycle as a plenary session was ending”, according to a communications manager in the region. She added that the elect had “had time to leave the Hemicycle” and “the president of the region [Ary Chalus] locked himself in his office “.

According to images broadcast by the Guadeloupe la 1ère channel, the demonstrators invaded the Hemicycle singing. “No to the vaccination obligation! No to the health pass”, could we read on a banner. “There’s [avait] more than a hundred people in the Hemicycle “, according to the regional press service, but in total these are “more than 400 people” who invaded the premises, including those who remained outside. “They prevent us from going out”, she added.

The president of the region, Ary Chalus, said Thursday evening to agree to receive a delegation of ten demonstrators, on condition that these people release the Hemicyle. “The regional executive rebels and denounces these practices of intimidation and unworthy violence”Ary Chalus wrote in a statement.