In Martinique, three members of the collective preventing in opposition to the excessive value of residing arrested | EUROtoday

Three members of the affiliation on the origin of the mobilization in opposition to the excessive value of residing in Martinique had been arrested Thursday, November 21, ten days after their irruption into the prefect’s residence throughout a ministerial go to, the Fort-de prosecutor’s workplace mentioned on Thursday. -France at Agence France-Presse (AFP).

These three folks “were taken into custody” Thursday for “counts of home invasion [intrusion dans la résidence préfectorale]invasion of privacy and acts of intimidation »Odile de Fritsch, the deputy public prosecutor of Fort-de-France, told AFP.

The facts with which they are accused were “committed on November 11, 2024 in Fort-de-France”specified the Justice of the Peace, confirming that Gwladys Roger, the treasurer of the Rally for the Protection of Afro-Caribbean Peoples and Resources (RPPRAC), was amongst these three arrested.

Just a few hours after the arrival of Overseas Minister François-Noël Buffet after two months of tensions because of the excessive value of residing on the island, the chief of the RPPRAC Rodrigue Petitot and three members of the collective burst into the prefect’s residence. and demanded to satisfy the minister. The prefect of Martinique, Jean-Christophe Bouvier, intervened and prevented this assembly.

“Totally disproportionate” means

Mr. Petitot was arrested the day after the incident after which positioned underneath judicial supervision after forty-eight hours in police custody. The Fort-de-France prison courtroom postponed its trial till January 21.

In a press launch, the RPPRAC denounced Thursday the arrest of its three members. “Without there having been prior summons”the police proceeded “to heavy-handed arrests and searches of the homes of members of the RPPRAC, in particular that of Gwladys Roger, treasurer”he indicated.

They “are not fugitives”provides the press launch, which denounces “the instrumentalization of justice” and using means “totally disproportionate, [qui] aim to discredit the members of the association”.

Riots broke out on a number of events on the sidelines of the mobilization in opposition to the excessive value of residing launched originally of September by the RPPRAC in Martinique, the place meals merchandise are on common 40% dearer than in France, in line with the National Institute statistics and financial research.

According to the prefecture, greater than 230 autos had been burned and dozens of economic premises had been set on fireplace, vandalized or looted.