The presenter of Mayotte La 1ère immediately reacted to these remarks on Monday, which fall under the law.
A shocking statement in the midst of Operation Wuambushu. Salime Mdéré, first vice-president of the departmental council of Mayotte, described as “terrorists” young people who commit violence against the police, Monday April 24 on the La 1ère channel. He then raised the possibility of “kill” one of these young people during this crisis. These remarks, assimilated to a call to murder, fall under the law. Public incitement to hatred, violence or discrimination is an offense punishable by a one-year prison sentence and a fine of 45,000 euros.
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They were immediately denounced by the presenter. “I can’t let you say that. We can’t say that”, retorted Géniale Attoumani on the set. Contacted by franceinfo, the political manager did not respond to our requests. Salime Mdéré was elected with the Movement for the Renewal of the Great South, classified under the various-center nuance, during the departmental elections of 2021. The Renaissance movement recalled, in a press release, that he had never been a member, nor invested by the presidential party.
“I refuse to use these terms: ‘young’ or ‘kids’. These delinquents, these thugs, these terrorists”, Salime Mdéré first said after the broadcast of a report on gangs of young people who attacked the police during Operation Wuambushu. The chosen one then continued: “At some point, it may be necessary to kill some. I weigh my words. If one is not killed, there are always others who will dare to try to kill police officers. If they kill police officers, where is self-defense in that? At the end of the interview, the chosen one insisted again: “At some point, if it has to come to this, it has to come to this.”
Strong political reactions
The sequence, widely relayed on social networks on Tuesday, provoked many reactions in the political class. “These words, from an elected representative of the Republic, must be condemned without delay”, reacted the ecologist mayor of Grenoble, Eric Piolle. “This is where the policy of our government leads. I call for an immediate end to this operation”, went up the first secretary of the PCF, Fabien Roussel. “I do not see how he can be maintained in his functions. It damages the Republic”, for his part demanded the national secretary of EELV, Marine Tondelier.
The government also reacted. “I absolutely condemn the words of Salime Mdéré, wrote on Twitter the Minister Delegate in charge of Overseas Territories, Jean-François Carenco. Restoring order and fundamental principles must be done with determination, but with serenity: these words are not worthy of the Republic.