Sébastien Lecornu is on a perilous mission: that of trying to demine the crisis in the West Indies.
For this reason, the Minister of Overseas Territories arrived in Guadeloupe on Sunday, showing "firmness" and "desire for dialogue" with the inter-union that he will meet on Monday.
Born from the refusal of compulsory vaccination for caregivers and firefighters, the movement has spread to political and social demands, in particular against the high cost of living.
The minister landed in Pointe-à-Pitre in the middle of the afternoon and will then go to Martinique, also shaken by blockades, violence and looting for a week.
The night from Saturday to Sunday, however, was quieter in the two islands 120 km away.
Vaccination obligation still scheduled for December 31
Sébastien Lecornu indicated during an address to the media in Baie-Mahault, without answering questions, that he would meet this Monday morning at the sub-prefecture of Guadeloupe, in Pointe-à-Pitre, "a dozen people" from of the intersyndicale, "to discuss health claims".
He reiterated that the vaccination obligation, postponed to December 31, would not be lifted: "the laws of the Republic are intended to apply" in the French Antilles.
"I did not come here to embody a weak State, but (I came to embody) also obviously a State which dialogues" added Sébastien Lecornu, specifying that "the hand (was) extended, nevertheless it remains a hand of firmness ".
According to Max Evariste, of the FO union, the inter-union "cannot imagine that there will be decisions taken (during the visit), since it only comes for one day". The inter-union also wants "all" organizations to participate in the meeting and calls for "real negotiations", the "reintegration of suspended people" with all their rights, but also the "release of all those who have been convicted. After the violence. This latest request has "more than shocked" the Minister of Overseas Territories, who repeated that staff reluctant to vaccination would be accompanied to "create the conditions for their professional mobility".
Sébastien Lecornu is also due to meet Monday in Guadeloupe with "local elected officials and economic players," said the ministry, as the next day in Martinique where he will also meet the intersyndicale.
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