The autonomist president of the executive council of the Corsica community believes that it is “the responsibility of Paris and Corsica to break the machine for manufacturing revolt, injustice and therefore prisoners”.
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“The prognosis is very bleak” for Yvan Colonna, attacked in prison on March 2, regrets on franceinfo Wednesday March 16 Gilles Simeoni, autonomist president of the executive council of the Corsica community and former lawyer for the prisoner sentenced for the assassination of the prefect Claude Érignac in 1998. Gilles Simeoni believes than “all French people have the right to the truth in the attempted assassination of Yvan Colonna”.
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Gilles Simeoni ensures that “the rapprochement of Alain Ferrandi and Pierre Alessandri, and I hope, if his health permits, of Yvan Colonna” East “a right that must be applied to them as soon as possible”. It recalls one of the demands of Corsican independence activists, “the demand for the release of political prisoners”. “What is very important is that these men can very quickly regain their freedom, in compliance with the procedures”wishes Gilles Simeoni.
Violence in the demonstrations of the last days ➡️ Calm “is not a prerequisite but an objective. We must build peace”, for Gilles Simeoni. “We don’t want a future of revolts, prisons, clashes. We want peace, democracy.” pic.twitter.com/Z47HFZ0oKl
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Gilles Simeoni believes that it is about “the responsibility of Paris and Corsica to break the machine to manufacture revolt, injustice and therefore prisoners. It means building a political solution”. “I hope it will start today”he adds as Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin begins a two-day visit to Corsica.