Laura Laplaud
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09:11, March 30, 2023
Five days after the rally in Sainte-Soline to protest against the mega-basins project, two demonstrators injured during the violent clashes are still in a coma. For Sandrine Rousseau, EELV deputy for Paris, guest of Europe 1 on Thursday, the police showed “unacceptable” violence.
On Saturday, the rally against the mega-basin project in Sainte-Soline in Deux-Sèvres was punctuated by violent clashes between demonstrators opposed to water reservoirs and the police. Two people injured on the spot are still in a coma. “The violence shown by the police is unacceptable,” said MP Europe Ecology Les Verts Sandrine Rousseau, guest of Europe Matin on Thursday. “The forces of order are no longer for the benefit of peacekeeping, but are in defense of a political project.”
Gérald Darmanin audition next week
“The law enforcement strategy that is made, is made to support a policy that is illegitimate in the eyes of the French people,” added the deputy, accusing Gérald Darmanin of giving these orders.
The gendarmes were accused of having obstructed the arrival of the Samu. A telephone conversation, made public by The world And Mediapart suggests in any case certain difficulties encountered by the medical staff to provide assistance to the possible injured, which denies the Minister of the Interior, heard next week in the National Assembly. “The rescue was not prevented by the police. I know it would make you happy to think that the gendarmes want people dead. But that’s not the case,” said Gérald Darmanin.
“It’s not the first time that Gérald Darmanin has lied”
Gérald Darmanin refutes the use of so-called weapons of war during the clashes in Sainte-Soline. A lie according to Sandrine Rousseau. “The GM2Ls are considered weapons of war, it’s not me who makes the classification. This is not the first time that Gérald Darmanin lies. He had already done so at the Stade de France”, a- she said at the microphone of Europe 1. “In a democracy that functions normally, the Minister of the Interior would be questioned by Parliament, by public opinion, so that it would be difficult for him to remain in office. .”
Social movements “repressed in chaos and violence” lead the deputy for the 9th district of Paris to demand the resignation of Gérald Darmanin. “Obviously there are violent elements and moreover there are techniques for maintaining order which make it possible to isolate them, but most of the people who have been demonstrating for months are absolutely peaceful people”, a- she assured.