For Valérie Pécresse, the death of Yvan Colonna is "a tragedy".
While considering that Emmanuel Macron had "played for time" in the case of Corsican prisoners, the presidential candidate called on Monday "not to set Corsica ablaze".
Yvan Colonna, the Corsican independence activist sentenced to life for the assassination of the prefect Erignac, died Monday evening following his attack in Arles prison on March 2, announced his family, via his lawyer Patrice Spinosi.
Pécresse wants to strengthen the police
"On Yvan Colonna, it's a tragedy, and I call for calm and cold blood and not to set Corsica ablaze," said the LR candidate on
CNews
, after the sometimes violent demonstrations in recent weeks.
"I wish for a return to order in Corsica and I call on all our Corsican compatriots to calm and be restrained", she added, considering "absolutely essential in the current context" to strengthen the forces of the order on the spot.
Valérie Pécresse also affirmed that we "do not negotiate under pressure from the street, we will negotiate (on the autonomy of Corsica) when order returns".
She said she was "favorable, but not only for Corsica, to a great pact with the regions".
"I want this decentralization, I am a regionalist and patriot and European, I am not afraid to give power to the regions but if we give autonomy, it must be with obligations of result", he said. she developed.
Society
Condemned for the death of the prefect Erignac, the Corsican nationalist succumbed to his attack in prison
Politics
How Emmanuel Macron was overtaken by the Corsica file
Presidential election 2022
Corsica
Yvan colonna
Video
Valerie Pécresse
Elections
0 comment
0 share
Share on Messenger
Share on Facebook
Share on Twitter
Share on Flipboard
Share on Pinterest
Share on Linkedin
Send by Mail
To safeguard
A fault ?
To print