The subject is now discussed. The elected officials of Guadeloupe asked, Saturday, November 27, the arrival of an interministerial delegation on the subject of “state powers” after the government put on the table the question of the autonomy of the island, shaken like its neighbor Martinique by a social explosion which again caused violence. Follow our live.
What local elected officials say. “With regard to the powers of the State, they require the arrival in Guadeloupe of an interministerial delegation to provide answers to the problems of Guadeloupe, in connection with the proposals of elected officials”, indicated the elected Guadeloupe in a press release. “The elected representatives recall that the question of the local domiciliation of the decision-making power must be approached in a concerted manner”, they added.
What the Minister of Overseas Territories proposed. On Friday, in a televised address to Guadeloupe, Overseas Minister Sébastien Lecornu affirmed that the government was “ready” to raise the question of more autonomy if this could make it possible to “solve the real problems of the daily life of Guadeloupe”. According to him, the question was asked “hollow” through “some elected” during the negotiations of the last days following the eruption, ten days ago, of a protest movement punctuated by violence, degradation, looting, fires and road blockages.
What the political class responded. Sébastien Lecornu’s proposal was immediately pounded by the right-wing and far-right opposition which denounced a retreat or a release, or even an attempt “to buy the radical separatists” for the RN candidate for the 2022 presidential election Marine Le Pen. On the left, Jean-Luc Mélenchon judged “astounding” the “Macron’s response” and called to speak only about status “in good time”, the resolution of the “social and health emergency” being a priority according to him.