Guadeloupe: Gabriel Attal judges the violence on the island “intolerable and unacceptable” – archyworldys

Government spokesman Gabriel Attal denounced Sunday, November 21 a situation “Intolerable and unacceptable” in Guadeloupe, where the challenge to the compulsory vaccination of caregivers degenerates into blockages and violence. Reinforcements of police and gendarmes sent from mainland France, including GIGN and RAID units, must arrive on Sunday in the island, he said during an interview on Europe 1, CNews and The echoes.

“There is a situation in Guadeloupe which is absolutely intolerable and unacceptable”, said the spokesperson, attributing the blockades, fires and looting of the last few days to a “Small minority”.

Since the summer, the vaccination rate has increased in Guadeloupe, with a rate of nearly 90% of caregivers vaccinated, but does not exceed 35% in the general population.

Attal denounces a “radicalized minority”

“This small minority who blocked by words, by words (…), today she is radicalized and she tries to block them, to intimidate them with violence ”, he denounced, evoking “Threatened caregivers”, “Pharmacies prevented from opening” and “Ambulances blocked on roadblocks”.

The General Union of Workers of Guadeloupe (UGTG), at the initiative of the protest that shakes the island, called on Saturday “To continue the mobilization and to strengthen the pickets of popular demands”, in a press release.

During the night from Friday to Saturday, marked by numerous degradations, police officers and gendarmes were targeted by shots, causing a slight injury, despite the curfew imposed from Friday evening.