PORTRAIT – The founder of the RPPRAC, who until then lived between the Antilles and the mainland where he accumulated prison sentences, has been mobilizing demonstrators against the high cost of living on the French island plagued by looting since the beginning of September.
His bob screwed on his head, the same red as his T-shirt – the emblematic color of the protest in Martinique – almost gives him a wise look. Rodrigue Petitot, 42, has nevertheless shaken the island of the Antilles since he launched the protest against the high cost of living at the beginning of September with his movement, the Rally for the Protection of Afro-Caribbean Peoples and Resources (RPPRAC). On the roadblocks blocking the roads of Fort-de-France, his silhouette, equipped with a loudspeaker with which he harangues the protesters, has become familiar.
In the parking lot of a stadium, Saturday October 19, the eyes of thousands of demonstrators, also dressed in red, are riveted on their leader. Each of his words is greeted with applause. “Things are just getting started!”launches the Martinican, inviting us to maintain the pressure. After more than a month marked by looting and damage to businesses, the State and distributors agreed…
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