For 4 months, detacked fuel will cost 73 cents, instead of 93 currently. The fishermen of the island obtained success by blocking a very borrowed maritime passage.
Le Monde with AFP
Guadeloupe fishermen obtained freezing from the detixed fuel price for four months after having blocked the Pointe-à-Pitre channel on Friday, June 3 to protest against the increase in fuel prices, learned the France Presse ( AFP) with state services.
Detax fuel will cost “0.73 euros for 4 months”, 20 cents less than today, it was said. This frost must come into force in mid-June and be effective until September. A monthly meeting was also decided. The fishermen had released their boats early on Friday morning, connecting them to each other to prevent other ships from entering and leaving the tip of Pointe-à-Pitre.
The significant increase in the price of fuel in recent months has increased the super for these professionals at 93 cents per liter, which is “unbearable”, said Charly Vincent, president of the fisheries committee, at the microphone of Guadeloupe 1
Secretary of State in the countryside
In the campaign on the island for the legislative elections of June 12 and 19, the Secretary of State for the Mer Justine Benin – candidate in the second constituency – went to meet the protesters. She discussed “the concerns of fishermen’s sailors, whether it is the increase in fuel prices, fishing quotas, sharing fishing areas or the overall attractiveness of the sector in Guadeloupe”, she said on her Facebook account.
Blocking the channel to all traffic, including ferries connecting Guadeloupe to Marie-Galante, has resulted in crossings for many passengers. Elected officials from the Grande Galette, which welcomes a Music Festival in this weekend of Pentecost attracting many visitors, denounced this situation.
Those of Marie-Galante rejoiced in a press release at the end of the day of the channel’s release by the fishermen, deploring “the difficult situation that their blockade created” for the economy of Guadeloupe, said Maryse Etzol, president of the community of communes of the island, quoted in this press release. At the same time in 2021, the fishermen had blocked the channel for several days and obtained a drop in the rate of 40 cents.