2023-10-11 08:42:53
A stop, but not permanent. Discussions on the particularly institutional future of the island, between Paris and Corsican elected officials, “will continue”, assured Tuesday the prefect of Corsica, despite the series of explosions perpetrated by the clandestine independence group FLNC on the night of Sunday to Monday on the island. “The process of discussions initiated at the initiative of the government with the main elected representatives of Corsica will continue, in accordance with the guidelines set by the President of the Republic during his speech before the Corsican Assembly on September 28,” wrote in a press release the prefect of Corsica Amaury de Saint-Quentin.
In reference to the “blue night” which affected the island on Sunday evening, the prefect assures that “the attempts to destabilize a few will not be an obstacle”, considering that it is “in the interest of Corsica »: “Faced with the return of clandestine violence, it is in the strength of democracy that Corsica will find the path to its future”. During his visit to Corsica, Emmanuel Macron proposed to island elected officials to grant the island “autonomy in the Republic”, while warning that this “historic moment” would not take place “without” or “against” the ‘French State.
Unheard of since 2012
The president came to close 18 months of discussions started after the explosion of island violence in 2022, after the death of independence activist Yvan Colonna, attacked in prison where he was serving a life sentence for the assassination of prefect Erignac in 1998.
During the night from Sunday to Monday, a series of explosions hit Corsica, mainly affecting second homes but also an abandoned tax center in Ajaccio, without causing any injuries, even if at least one couple was sleeping in one of the houses affected. “For the first time at this level since 2012, Corsica was hit (..) by clandestine actions directed against real estate,” regretted the prefect, counting “at this stage 31 actions confirmed in 20 municipalities.”
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“Corsica has known for 40 years how this violence constitutes an obstacle to its development and a profound challenge to the social pact on which our democratic society is built,” he insisted, condemning these acts “very firmly.” which are detrimental to Corsica and the Corsicans.” In addition to mobilizing investigation services under the authority of the national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office, the prefect “instructed the police to intensify their presence on the ground in order to guarantee the safety of the population.”
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