Operation Wuambushu in Mayotte: a springboard for Gérald Darmanin?

The Minister of the Interior arrives Saturday morning in Mayotte for an update two months after the start of Operation Wuambushu. Objective: destroy slums and evict people in an irregular situation.

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Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior on May 5, 2023. (XOSE BOUZAS / HANS LUCAS)

The Wuambushu operation was presented by some as the sesame of Gérald Darmanin to become Prime Minister but two months later and a few days from a possible reshuffle, it is still in progress. In an interview with Le Figaro, the Minister of the Interior announced the extension of the operation, which was due to end at the end of June.

Gérald Darmanin at Matignon: “Without me”

The operation consists of destroying slums, expelling irregular migrants, mostly from the Comoros. But “his beginnings are difficult“, justifies a close friend of the minister. At the same time, part of the majority stood up against his arrival at Matignon. “It will be without me“, loose a minister.

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Not only does the minister not only have friends, but Gérald Darmanin only has hot issues on his desk that are played out evenly. The immigration law and the negotiations that are skating with Les Républicains. The vote is uncertain. “He’s locked up, he’ll try to blame it on [Elisabeth] Thick headed“, predicts a minister, without forgetting the organization of the Olympic Games. “It is sure that if he passes all these obstacles, he will become very essential“, said a deputy. So, it may no longer be a question of eyeing Matignon, but of positioning oneself for 2027.


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