Richard Garnier, edited by Gauthier Delomez 7:39 p.m., November 19, 2021
The general strike which has lasted for five days in Guadeloupe to protest against the vaccination obligation and the health pass gained momentum on Friday, with road blockades and school closings.
Faced with this situation, 200 police and gendarmes will be sent as reinforcements.
Europe 1 went there.
A feeling of chaos.
Roadblocks erected everywhere, totally paralyzing traffic, schools and schools closed ... The fifth day of the general strike marks a rise in the social protest of the health pass and the vaccination obligation in Guadeloupe.
Faced with this situation which turns into a riot, 200 police officers and gendarmes will be sent as reinforcements.
The slingshot is going to be difficult to appease.
"We have the motivation to fight to the end"
The firefighters, mostly unvaccinated, are the spearheads of the protest. "One wonders what is going on in the head of the government", wonders Jocelyn Zou, general secretary of Workers' forces in the firefighters. "We Guadeloupeans have a notion of freedom. We need compulsory vaccination while alternative solutions exist. We all have the motivation to fight to the end," he says at the microphone. Europe 1.
These firefighters on the front line do not want to put out the fire of the protest.
But last night, social chaos was compounded by scenes of riots.
According to a police source, it is in particular one or more jewelry stores that have been looted and burned.
Garbage cans were also set on fire in Pointe-à-Pitre, where the police reportedly came under fire with mortars and projectiles.
Friday evening, the dialysis centers of Guadeloupe launched an alert.
A danger of death threatens 800 dialysis patients due to road blockages.