The elected officials of Guadeloupe on Saturday asked for the arrival of an interministerial delegation on the subject of "
State powers
" after the government put on the table the question of the autonomy of the island, shaken like its neighbor Martinique by a social explosion which again caused violence.
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"
With regard to the powers of the State, they require the arrival in Guadeloupe of an interministerial delegation to provide answers to the problems of Guadeloupe, in connection with the proposals of elected officials
", indicated the elected Guadeloupe in a press release. .
"
Elected officials recall that the issue of local domiciliation of decision-making power must be approached in a concerted manner
," they added.
On Friday, in a televised address to Guadeloupe, Overseas Minister Sébastien Lecornu affirmed that the government was "ready" to raise the issue of more autonomy if this could allow "to
solve the real problems of the daily life of Guadeloupe
" .
According to him, the question was asked "
in hollow
" by "
some elected officials
" during the negotiations of the last days following the eruption, ten days ago, of a protest movement enamelled by violence, degradation , looting, fires and road blockages.
Born from the refusal of the vaccination obligation of caregivers and firefighters, it embraced multiple demands, social, economic and identity.
