More than 150 people demonstrate against health measures in Monaco
The same slogans chanted at the top of their lungs, the same banners and signs drawn, but a popular protest that runs out of steam with the months.
This Saturday afternoon, on the basis of musical claims, between 150 and 200 people reported in the streets of the Principality against three health measures: the health pass, the vaccination obligation * and the wearing of a mask at school for children. child.
On September 4, at the height of the sling, nearly 1,000 people made their voices heard to the country’s authorities. “A lot of people couldn’t come because they were in contact. We didn’t want to create a cluster”, justifies Sharon, at the head of one of the two Facebook groups which called yesterday to parade in the street.
” We struggle
with unequal arms “
Escorted by the police from the Public Security, the procession left the Louis-II stadium, sped towards the Canton roundabout to rush into the Serravalle tunnel. A motley crowd: retirees, residents and children of the country, employees, young people, USM unionists, a handful of children.
After having walked along part of the Christmas market, the demonstrators turned onto the pedestrianized rue Princesse Caroline before joining the rue Grimaldi then the Place d’Armes.
“A symbolic place dear to our heartss, Sharon introduced to applause. Today, we are fighting with unequal arms against a government which takes arbitrary measures and acts in an authoritarian manner by imposing the health pass on a large number of employees without the National Council being able to exercise its role of counter-power. “
In a diatribe against the state, punctuated by an anaphora – “Who are the real irresponsible people?” “ – the Monegasque concluded with a call to remain mobilizing. “So what weapons do we have left to fight against these sanitary inconsistencies and authoritarian measures, if not massive protest and unlimited strikes?”
A strike in the hotel sector is also scheduled for Wednesday on the Place du Casino de Monte-Carlo.
* A law obliging health personnel in the Principality to be vaccinated against Covid-19 was passed on September 14 by the National Council.