Funeral of Yvan Colonna: ceremony, closed shops, national mourning in Corsica … How will the – LaDepeche.fr

the essential The funeral of Yvan Colonna, who died Monday in Marseille, three weeks after his attack in prison, takes place this Friday afternoon in Cargèse, his native village in Corsica. Here’s how his funeral will unfold. The funeral of independence activist Yvan Colonna will take place in Cargese in Corsica, this Friday afternoon. The Corsican activist had been fatally attacked by a fellow prisoner while he was serving his sentence for the assassination of the prefect Claude Erignac. Yvan Colonna had been sentenced three times to life for the execution by bullets of the representative of the State, in February 1998, in Ajaccio. A crime he has always denied. How will the funeral be going this afternoon? La Dépêche takes stock. Funeral in Cargèse, his hometown Arrived from Marseille on Wednesday evening, welcomed by a guard of honor in Ajaccio, the coffin must leave the funeral parlor this Friday noon to join the Colonna family stronghold. Organized in Cargèse, a town of 1,300 inhabitants with Greco-Latin roots, 50 km from Ajaccio, the funeral of the former shepherd will take place at 3 p.m. in the Latin church, opposite the other church in the village, the Greek one. -the. And it is an archimandrite, a priest capable of officiating in the Latin and Byzantine rites, Father Antoine Forget, who will lead the ceremony. Burial will follow in the family chapel in Menasina. Reduced assistance If many people are expected, only 150 of them will be able to take their place in the Latin church of the village. The family indeed wanted a discreet funeral, “a small funeral” according to the terms used. She also wants to avoid the presence of the press. A day “Isula morta” According to our colleagues from Corsica Net Infos, part of the living forces of the island calls for a day “Isula morta” (“Dead island”) this Friday, March 25, day of the funeral of the militant. The Associu Sulidarità, an association supporting political prisoners, “solemnly calls on our people, u populu corsu, to show their solidarity with Yvan Colonna and his family”, can we read in a press release relayed by Corse Net Infos. It calls on “political parties, trade unions, professional structures, administrations and more particularly the Executive Council of the Assembly of Corsica, to decree a day of national mourning for Friday.” The Giuventù in mossa association asked the President of the Executive Council Gilles Simeoni to decree “a day of national mourning this Friday, March 25 and consequently to close the territorial administration”. R.Reggeti and P.Zagnoli, vice-presidents of the Assemblea di a Giuventù and members of our group, seized the President of the Executive Council this afternoon to declare a day of national mourning in memory of Yvan Colonna.Dumane : ISULA MORTA pic.twitter.com/LbrS6sG6tL— Giuventù in Mossa (@GiuventuInMossa) March 24, 2022 Town halls and shops closed A majority of town halls will be closed for the day, as will shops and businesses. The Corsican Railways will have their program disrupted at the call of the Corsican Workers’ Union (STC). The same union also urges mobilization. In a press release, he “calls on all of its members, activists, sympathizers to mobilize and participate in all popular initiatives, this Friday afternoon March 25 at the time of Yvan’s funeral in Carghjese”.