Reunion: The Carriers Want to Require a Mediator

If the police are not yet intervened to dislodge the carriers who show since Monday, the exchange between Jean-Bernard Caroupaye, the president of the FNTR, and the sub-prefect of St. Paul, Thomas Campeaux, multiply .

The protesters learned that the city of Port is paralyzed because of the large presence of law enforcement. Thus, they require the "free movement" of people in the city. Jean-Bernard Caroupaye felt that instead of being the guarantor of security, the Prefect is causing a "public disorder".

On site, 200 people were present, the first deputy mayor of the city of Port, Danio Ricquebourg. Remember that Jean-Bernard Caroupaye had called a few minutes earlier elected officials to come and support carriers.

After that, Jean-Bernard Caroupaye asked loudly if they want the protesters to continue discussions with the state representative, Michel Lalande, which earned a "no" unanimous before it can hear " We want a mediator! "repeatedly.

Before waiting for a hypothetical third day of siege, a call for protesters to support more massive population tonight SRPP before the same has already been issued. "But how long will the prefect he let it go, wonders of our colleague Zinfos974.

Carriers had erected roadblocks last week in various parts of the island to protest against rising oil prices. In a statement issued Monday, the FNTR calls "all for the restoration of public order on the fuel market." The union wants more commissions "blurb" in the prefecture anti-competitive practices in the fuel sector. He asked the judiciary to press the "button that does not find the prefect for lower prices."

FNTR also request the opening of judicial investigations into the apparent existence of collusive practices between vertical and horizontal industry players fuel, abuse of dominant position-fixing resale prices of petroleum products.

"We believe that there are meetings between suppliers and distributors of the industry to establish a vertical agreement to obstruct the pricing by the market forces by artificially encouraging increase," says union .