For Valérie Pécresse, the death of Yvan Colonna is “a drama”. While believing that Emmanuel Macron had “played the watch” in the case of Corsican prisoners, the presidential candidate called on Monday “not to ignite Corsica”.
Yvan Colonna, the Corsican independence activist sentenced to life in prison for the assassination of Prefect Erignac, died Monday night as a result of his assault on the Arles prison on March 2, his family announced, via his lawyer Patrice Spinosi.
Pécresse wants to strengthen the police
“On Yvan Colonna, it’s a tragedy, and I call for calm and calm and not to burn Corsica,” said LR candidate on CNews, after the sometimes violent demonstrations of 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 stated that “we do not negotiate under street pressure, we will negotiate (on the autonomy of Corsica) when order is restored.” She said she was “in favor, but not only for Corsica, of a great pact with the regions”. “I want this decentralization, I am regionalist and patriotic and European, I am not afraid to give power to the regions but if we give autonomy, it must be with obligations of result,” she said. developed.