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Murder of Eric Masson: the left is divided on the police march scheduled for Wednesday in Paris

2021-05-19T12:58:47.340Z


The socialist and communist leaderships will go there. The rebellious and environmentalists probably not.


Communists and Socialists are determined to participate on one side.

Ecologists and rebels refuse each other.

Unless there is a last-minute change or gesture of autonomy from some, this will be Wednesday, May 19 the panorama of the report of the left to the demonstration of the police officers, scheduled from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. near the National Assembly, to support their college Eric Masson killed two weeks ago in Avignon.

Movement to which the Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin, has planned to make an appearance to "

greet

" his troops.

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Don't leave security to the right and the far right

"

There is a real will, among political leaders but also within the police unions, not to leave this subject of security to the right and the extreme right

". Within the PCF, the entourage of the national secretary Fabien Roussel confirms Monday with these words, the will of the latter to go there in the company, at least, of the PCF deputy of Seine-Saint-Denis, Stéphane Peu or the PCF deputy in Paris, Ian Brossat. A presidential candidate for a few days, Fabien Roussel has made security one of the first subjects of his campaign. He embarked on a series of police union hearings. “

My left will not be lax. Safety is a popular question

, ”he said, with a promise:“

30.000 additional police officers

".

Reaffirm support for the Republican police

At the head of the PS, the first secretary Olivier Faure will also be present at Wednesday's demonstration with, among others, the socialist deputy of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, David Habib. In a press release, the PS said it was anxious to express "

its full attachment and support for the Republican police

". Olivier Faure "will

join in the demands relating to the improvement of the working conditions of the police and the forces of order

", he added. "

It will reaffirm the need for our rule of law to assess our criminal chain and ensure that it responds effectively to the violence affecting the police and, more generally, all those who provide a public service. with the population.

"

Olivier Faure and David Habib must, Monday early evening, discuss with the main unions. "

We are going to listen to them, to hear what they expect from the elected,

" says David Habib. "

Our field coverage, provided by the many socialist municipalities, allows us

," he said, "

to raise concerns for better cooperation. Our common goal is to ensure daily safety and to improve the level of police intervention

”. The MP says he has no doubts about the intentions of the demonstrators. “

I had union leaders

,” he said,

who assured me of an approach inscribed in the respect of republican principles, with a single objective: to be heard by public decision-makers

”.

"Extreme tension" between the rebels and the police

Among the rebellious, participation must be discussed in a group meeting at the Assembly on Tuesday morning. But the outcome is not in doubt. It will be no. "

In absolute terms, taking into account what we defend for the police, we would have our place there

", however indicated on May 10 last, in the program of the

Figaro

"Public hearing", the deputy LFI Adrien Quatennens. But "

the extreme tension

" between his movement and the police with protests from police unions "

under the windows of France Insoumise

", does not allow "

that the conditions are met

" for their participation. "

There is a form of frustration,

" he said, regretting that "

as soon as you denounce police violence, you are anti-cop ...

"

Finally, among environmentalists, the file must also be discussed Tuesday in the executive committee.

But again, the party leadership seems reluctant.

Deputy National Secretary of EELV, Sandra Regol says she understands "

the uneasiness and disarray

" of the police but underlines like the rebels that "

the methods put in place and which must be reviewed do not work for the police or for the citizens

".

Allow the maintenance of peace and not the maintenance of order

The only officially declared candidate for the primary of environmentalists, Sandrine Rousseau spoke very clearly this weekend in "Sunday in politics", on France 3. "

The police must hear that the strategy of maintaining the order in place for nearly ten years in France is a strategy which reinforces tensions and exacerbates mistrust vis-à-vis the police,

”she regretted, wishing for a reform that would allow“

the maintenance of peace and not the maintenance of order

”. Among environmentalists, however, MEP Yannick Jadot, also a candidate for the environmentalists' primary, left his possible participation in suspense on Monday.

Source: lefigaro

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