Guadeloupe: Why Lecornu is not going there “now” – The HuffPost

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POLITICS – Sébastien Lecornu does not want to “go and fuss in front of the cameras”. Guest of the morning of France 2 this Tuesday, November 23, the Minister of Overseas explained why he was not surrendering in Guadeloupe at a time when the territory is delivered to a “very explosive” situation, in the words ofEmmanuel Macron.

A question of security, above all, while a move was envisaged at the end of last week “from Friday”, with Gerald Darmanin and Olivier Véran. Before being finally pushed back.

“After having discussed with the local authorities, the prefecture, the police forces, the gendarmerie, the local elected officials, it appeared that going there now presented a particularly significant overload for the police”, thus advanced Sébastien Lecornu, As you can see it below, (from 1 ′), “I absolutely do not want the police to be diverted from their primary missions, which are the protection of Guadeloupeans and Guadeloupeans.”

“Anyway, we’re going to go to Guadeloupe …”

The day before, his cabinet was already talking about HuffPost, a move that “would have been more of a burden than a help”. “Political organizations, local elected officials, mayors, parliamentarians do not ask for a trip from the minister in a minute,” added Sébastien Lecornu on France 2.

One way to respond to criticism – from the right – falling on the government for its alleged laxity or wait-and-see attitude towards the situation. “Anyway, we’re going to go to Guadeloupe. Every time there is a major crisis in the Overseas Territories, I go there ”, finally dropped the Minister, without giving a precise horizon.

In this island, where a third of the population lives below the poverty line (according to INSEE), the violence began after several days of union mobilization to challenge the vaccination obligation of caregivers and firefighters. In this context, Sébastien Lecornu “contests” a “kind of political show in which you have to go and get agitated in front of the cameras on the spot.” A line of conduct that was not always that of the government.