Criticized until the majority so as not to have returned to Guadeloupe despite the “explosive” situation, the Minister of Overseas is committed to “soon” on the island.
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This is his first real political storm since his appointment to the government, almost three years ago. The Minister of Overseas, Sébastien Lecornu, finds himself under the fire of the critics so that he did not get to Guadeloupe, while the island is delivered to a “very explosive” situation, according to the words of Emmanuel Macron . For a week, a movement from the challenge of the vaccination obligation of caregivers and firefighters degenerated into a soaring violence.
From left to right, the choice of Mr. Lecornu to follow the crisis from Paris arouses strong criticism in the ranks of the opposition. In particular Xavier Bertrand, first to reproach the minister his absence on the ground. “I think, President of the Republic, I would ask the Minister himself to go there, a political authority is needed,” said the candidate for the investiture of the Republicans Party (LR) for the presidential election, Tuesday, November 23, on France Inter. Before you ask: “If there were the same problems in France, you do not believe that the minister would be?” “When we are the Government of France and we hold the Republic, we go on the spot, We do not stand in Paris, “said the number three of the right, Aurélien Pradié, on LCP. Even reproach on the part of the leader of France unsuitable (LFI), Jean-Luc Mélenchon, according to which Mr. Lecornu would be “not a big brave”.
More boring for the executive: The President of the Regional Council of Guadeloupe, Ary Chalus, also lamented on Tuesday, on RTL, the absence of minister on the spot, requiring that “an interdepartmental delegation”. On the island to “discuss” with the unions. And so be able to “calm things”. This former member, Member in 2017 of the Executive Committee of the Republic (LRM), today accuses the State of not treating Guadeloupe “in the same way as a region of France”.
“This is not the ideal time”
m. Lecornu finally committed to “soon” on the island. “Anyway, we will go to Guadeloupe because every time there is an important crisis in addition to sea, I’m going,” said the minister, Tuesday, on France 2, recalling that he “was rendered in August in Guadeloupe and Martinique. According to his entourage, if the principle of this visit is “obviously acted, as every time it is necessary,” its date is not defined yet. Before moving, Mr. Lecornu wants “public order to be reinstated” and “the individual dialogue with suspended staff is returned between field actors”. No question, so, to rush. “The worst thing would be to go on the spot for reasons dictated by Parisian contingencies. Crisis management in overseas does not obey the same logic as in the hexagon”, justifies his entourage.
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