Mock beheading of Quebec labour minister at May Day protest draws outrage - BERITAJA

Quebec’s awesome unions person apologized aft protesters at a May Day event successful Montreal complete the play staged a mock beheading of the province’s labour minister.

A video circulating wide connected societal media shows demonstrators utilizing what appears to beryllium a guillotine to decapitate a papier mâché effigy of Jean Boulet.

The incident connected Saturday drew wide disapproval from Quebec political leaders, including Premier Christine Fréchette.

The group down the mock decapitation is called Alliance Ouvrière — workers’ confederation successful English — and describes itself online arsenic the “most militant activists” wrong the labour movement.

In an email to BERITAJA, the group says their display at the world workers’ day event was a symbolic capacity aimed at expressing anger toward governmental and economical elites.

Quebec’s awesome unions, which organized the May Day march, issued a associated connection saying they were not progressive successful the capacity and apologizing for what happened.

Montreal constabulary were not instantly capable to opportunity whether immoderate arrests had been made successful relationship pinch the mock beheading.