"
The State will not negotiate to repeal a law of the Republic passed in parliament,
" the French overseas ministry told AFP on Friday (December 24th), after anti-health pass demonstrators burst into the chamber of the Regional Council from Guadeloupe, some of whom have spent the night there.
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Demonstrators opposed to the obligation for nursing staff and firefighters to be vaccinated against Covid-19, invaded the hemicycle of the Regional Council of Guadeloupe at the end of the morning on Thursday and some spent the night there. They must decide on Friday what to do with the movement. They intend to put pressure on elected officials and obtain from the State "
the end of all sanctions and suspensions of remuneration taken against thousands of public and private employees
" refusing to be vaccinated, said the group of demonstrators in a statement.
The ministry, which closely follows events and is in contact with the president of the region Ary Chalus, said that the latter and the regional advisers were able to leave the building of the regional council during the night. If "
the State is present to find solutions in its field of competence, as it does with the mayors on youth
", there is "
no room for negotiation to repeal a law of the Republic voted by Parliament
», In this case that requiring health personnel and firefighters to be vaccinated to work.
No question either for the ministry of any amnesty for those who would have committed violence on the police force, within the framework of the social crisis which shakes the archipelago since the beginning of November.
The region called the intrusion an act of "
unprecedented violence
", but the Ary Chalus agreed on Thursday to receive a delegation of 10 protesters.
According to a trade unionist, "
he pledged to get us a meeting with parliamentarians on Tuesday
".
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Ary Chalus "
can negotiate on the competences which are his
", but cannot engage the State, specified the ministry.
In its press release, the collective of demonstrators justifies "
the installation of a popular picket line at the Hotel de Region
", to obtain, in addition to the end of sanctions and suspension of remuneration, "
the opening of negotiations on the demand book
”which was the subject of a method agreement signed with the elected officials of Guadeloupe on December 10.