By qualifying the situation in Guadeloupe as
"very explosive"
, Emmanuel Macron did not believe in saying so.
Since Sunday, the various components of the opposition have taken turns to criticize his management of the situation.
“Since the start of the five-year term, this president has succeeded in setting fire absolutely everywhere.
It makes you wonder if for him, it has not become a method of government, ”
notably criticizes Aurélien Pradié, the Secretary General of the Republicans.
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The five candidates for the LR nomination have also strongly condemned the situation on the archipelago, despite the intervention of the executive.
"There was no dialogue with elected officials,"
regretted Valérie Pécresse Sunday evening, during the debate between the contenders for Congress, on CNews. For the president of Île-de-France, the situation could have been avoided,
"if we had used local elected officials, if we had used family doctors, if we had taken the time to convince"
. To make it clear that today,
"the situation is clear: we have looted reserves of arms and ammunition, we are firing live ammunition at the police"
, which, according to her, implies
"a response that provides some relief. order in the street ”.
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The increased presence of the police, if it is supported by the right, arouses an outcry on the left.
For Fabien Roussel, the candidate of the Communists, the inhabitants
“
do
not need gendarmes, GIGN”
but simply
“to be heard and respected”
.
The rebellious deputy Éric Coquerel goes so far as to recall that recourse to insurrection would be a legitimate right
"when the government violates the rights of the people"
, mentioning on his Twitter account article 35 of the Declaration of the Rights of the man and the citizen of 1793.
"Terrible and intolerable"
Another story for the candidate of environmentalists. If Yannick Jadot condemns on Twitter
"all violence and in particular the destruction of shops, homes and public buildings"
, he nevertheless outlines his support for the government's decision to send troops to the island.
"It is terrible and intolerable and it is normal for the State to commit forces to restore peace in Guadeloupe"
. A statement with which Jean-Luc Mélenchon expresses
"complete disagreement"
. For the leader of the rebels,
"the government is responsible for blocking the situation"
, and the sending of troops on the spot signals
"a detestable intention"
.
An observation that the ecologist Sandrine Rousseau seems to share, believing that the Guadeloupe
“carry popular demands”
, in the face of which
“force cannot be the answer”
.
A fierce opponent of health measures, the former RN Florian Philippot, for his part, believes that
"it is not the GIGN and the Raid that must be sent to Guadeloupe, but common sense and respect"
, or according to him
"the immediate and definitive withdrawal ”
of all sanitary measures.