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Friday's rally is canceled but protesters plan to come without permission.
The tension is more and more palpable concerning the yellow Vests and their wish to demonstrate in Brussels. Today, the tension is still rising a notch since the cancellation of a protest Friday by its organizer … in the wake of his authorization by the police. The blur is total since Monday 20 hours for both authorities and protesters.
The authorities confirm that the event organized by the Yellow Vest Gary Ducran is canceled. The police were apparently surprised at first by the announcement that occurred on the Facebook account of the protester.
The situation has definitely cleared up on Tuesday morning. The man contacted the security forces to confirm that he was canceling his event. Gary Ducran believed that the security conditions were not optimal. The police took note. "The event on Friday is canceled, we have received an email from the organizer about this, no further requests have been made since we continue to monitor the situation for the moment." , explained Ilse Van de Keere, the spokesperson for the Brussels Capital-Ixelles police zone. On the side of the mayor of Brussels-City Philippe Close, we prefer not to make more comments for the moment.
A demonstration of yellow vests can not be ruled out, despite the cancellation. We can predict otherwise if we refer to the messages on different Facebook groups dedicated to the cause. Some do not hesitate to insult the instigator of the event, Gary Ducran. Many voices are raised to maintain the event, even without asking the agreement of the municipality of Brussels-City.
The risk is that many yellow vests join the capital without any supervision. We could therefore see demonstrators in different parts of Brussels and at different times. A situation that could be problematic, especially since the Christmas market will open that day.
The police will intervene clbadically if a request from the bourgmestre arrives. "It's him, the police chief, and then the police will have to push the protesters back in. This is the general rule, if people do not listen to the police, there could be arrests. as is the case when disorder is created on public roads" , says Thierry Belin, national secretary of the SNPS (national union of police and security personnel).
Richard De Wulf
Ilse Van de Keere, spokesperson for the Brussels Capital-Ixelles police zone
"Friday's protest is canceled. We received an email from the organizer about this. No other requests have been made to us since. We continue to monitor the situation for the moment."
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