Violence in Guadeloupe: more than 80 businesses looted, identifies the president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Franceinfo

“More than 80 businesses have been looted” in Guadeloupe, according to the president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) of the islands of Guadeloupe, Patrick Vial-Collet, who described Monday, November 22 on France Inter a “fairly insurrectionary situation”, while the dismantling of the roadblocks began on Sunday, and that schools, colleges and high schools will be closed in Guadeloupe on Monday.

It is no longer a “social movement and strike”, because “there are hardly any strikers in private companies”, according to him, but from a “real guerrilla warfare”, essentially “young people who loot businesses, taking advantage of the night to attack material goods”. The businesses targeted are “often jewelry stores, telephone stores, sports, DIY. Anything that represents a market value and allows rioters to take equipment and resell it”.

Patrick Vial-Collet assures that Guadeloupe traders have “not afraid to go to work”. On the other hand, their activity is impacted by roadblocks and the social climate, which pushes some customers to less or not to go out.

The president of the CCI of the islands of Guadeloupe awaits “a return to public order” and hopes that the meeting with Prime Minister Jean Castex, accompanied by Minister of Overseas France Sébastien Lecornu and Minister of Health Olivier Véran, scheduled for Monday evening, will make it possible to create “a space for negotiation with those who started the movement”, such as firefighters opposed to compulsory vaccination.