The autonomist party Femu a Corsica, majority in the Assembly of Corsica, reaffirmed Sunday
"its determination"
to continue the dialogue with the government on the future of the island, despite the refusal of a sentence adjustment for Pierre Alessandri , condemned for the assassination of the prefect Erignac.
Thursday, the Paris Court of Appeal rejected a request for probationary semi-freedom from Pierre Alessandri, 64, sentenced to life in 2003 for the assassination of the prefect of Corsica Claude Erignac, and who has been released since 2017.
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The elected members of the Assembly of Corsica had expressed the same day in a joint declaration of their
"indignation"
.
The next day, an association for the defense of prisoners had called on elected officials to suspend discussions with the government, which the independence party Core in Fronte, a minority in the Assembly of Corsica, had announced.
Femu a Corsica, the autonomist party of Gilles Simeoni, president of the Corsican executive, reaffirmed in a press release on Sunday
"its determination to see the process of discussions underway with Paris come to an end"
, nevertheless denouncing
"the logic of revenge"
which motivates , according to the party, the court decision.
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This
"poses a major risk on the process"
, of discussion, added the party according to which there is
"urgency to recreate the conditions of dialogue and trust"
.
The autonomist party has asked Corsican elected officials, unions and associations to
"take a stand in favor of the release"
of Pierre Alessandri.
The day before, representatives of the Corsican right, the party "Un soffiu novu", an opposition group to the assembly and the related LR senator from Corse-du-Sud Jean-Jacques Panunzi had also come out in favor of the continuation of negotiations.
The League of Human Rights (LDH) for its part deplored in a forum the decision, calling on the State to allow
"to address in peaceful conditions the political dimension of the Corsican question"
.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, who in July initiated a cycle of meetings with Corsican elected officials on the future of the island, including institutional ones, is expected in Corsica next Thursday and Friday.
