“Please stay, don’t leave too quickly without having given us a solution” a Mahoraise asked Emmanuel Macron, upon the arrival of the Head of State on the archipelago.
11:01 – “We all have to do it together,” says Emmanuel Macron
“From the first day, people mobilized day and night: we must not divide ourselves, we must all do it together,” launched Emmanuel Macron from Mayotte this Thursday. “The subject today (…) is to ensure that things get better” in the slums, he explains, by trying to bring calm and serenity to the island. Above all, “we must not divide ourselves”, proclaims the President of the Republic.
10:40 – Emmanuel Macron will visit the poorest areas “this afternoon”
Emmanuel Macron indicated that he would go “this afternoon” to the poorest areas and neighborhoods of the island after being questioned by a resident about the staggering conditions of life in the slums of Mayotte. “People are dying of thirst. They are drinking water from puddles,” she said, comments relayed by BFMTV.
10:36 – “The water will arrive” says Emmanuel Macron from Mamoudzou hospital
“The water will arrive” and the “water network is being restored,” said Emmanuel Macron upon his arrival at Mamoudzou hospital this Thursday. “What more could the State have done?” he asked when a woman told him that she could no longer work due to the lack of water. “Many people” have not yet been identified, the president also indicated.
10:13 – The A400M “entirely” dedicated to sending bottled water to Mayotte
Made available by the Ministry of the Armed Forces, the A400M has been “fully mobilized” to transport bottled water to Mayotte from this Thursday, December 19, announced the prefect of Reunion Island, Patrice Latron in a press release.
09:47 – The Minister of Health announces the prepositioning of 10,000 doses of cholera vaccine
As announced this Thursday at the microphone of RTL by the resigning Minister of Health, Geneviève Darrieussecq, the prepositioning of 10,000 doses of cholera vaccine is recorded. “There are no cases of cholera today, but I want to be in anticipation,” she explains. She also assured that the government would transport water “permanently” to Mayotte. A ship “is arriving with containers of water in the coming hours” from Reunion, she said this morning.
09:17 – “Please don’t leave too quickly, we need you”: a Mahoraise alerts Emmanuel Macron
“Mayotte is demolished, we need you (…) We are without water, without electricity, there is no running tap”, “We are not even safe with our children (.. .) Don’t leave too quickly, give help, not solutions but emergency help”, demands a Mahorese woman from Emmanuel Macron when he arrives on the archipelago, this Thursday, December 19. “I don’t even know where you are going to sleep tonight, there is nothing left, there are no roofs in Mayotte (…) Please stay, don’t leave too quickly without gave us a solution,” she says. “We will be there,” replied the head of state.
08:50 – “Thank you for the efforts that have been made,” says Macron on site
Emmanuel Macron arrived in Mayotte to see the damage after Cyclone Chido passed through the archipelago. Upon his arrival in Mamoudzou, he greeted the law enforcement officers present on site and the airport staff. “Thank you for the efforts that were made as soon as you could to enable connections and ensure rotations,” he said.
08:36 – First emergency distribution in Petite-Terre
On the Petite-Terre side, the first emergency distributions began after the passage of Cyclone Chido. This Wednesday, residents of the Abattoir district were able to benefit from the first distribution of food (sardines, ravioli) and bottles of water even though the lack of food is very present. “We’re going to eat this today and that tomorrow, but we’re not going to eat everything. We have to take it slowly,” explains a disaster victim to BFMTV. “What concerns me most is the situation of my young children,” concedes a resident at the media’s microphone. On site, some locals have not eaten for several days.
08:16 – An emergency law for reconstruction announced by Macron?
According to the resigning Overseas Minister, François-Noël Buffet, the Head of State Emmanuel Macron could announce an emergency law for the reconstruction of Mayotte. In particular, it could make it possible to speed up building permits on the island to save time and rehouse residents who no longer have roofs.
08:14 – Emmanuel Macron arrived in Mayotte
The President of the Republic’s plane has just landed at Marcel Henry airport in Mayotte, aboard an A330 filled with 2 to 4 tonnes of freight, water and medicine. Members of the rescue forces are also at his side.
08:10 – By decree, the State blocks the price of consumer products
The French government has just decreed the freezing of prices of consumer products in Mayotte after the devastating passage of Cyclone Chido, according to a decree published in Official Journal. The decree covers mineral water, food products in general, batteries, as well as essential hygiene products as well as those intended for construction as well as animal food. The system comes into force until June 18, 2025.
08:05 – Emmanuel Macron’s program, expected between 10:30 a.m. and 12 p.m.
Emmanuel Macron is expected in Mayotte between 10:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. local time, 8:30 a.m.-10 a.m. Paris time. It will begin with an “aerial reconnaissance of the affected territory”, before heading towards the Mamoudzou hospital center (CHM). “He will speak at the end with the nursing staff and the patients in care,” specifies the Elysée. He will then go to a destroyed neighborhood, “in contact with the emergency services”, before discussing “the situation on the island with elected officials”. Subsequently, he will travel to Djibouti to share the traditional Christmas meal with French soldiers abroad.
08:00 – The state of “exceptional natural calamity” activated”
The Ministry of Overseas Territories announced the activation of the “state of exceptional natural calamity”, to “enable more rapid and effective management of the crisis and facilitate the implementation of emergency measures”, could we read in a press release on Wednesday evening. Intended for overseas territories, this one-month system, renewable for periods of two months, is activated for the first time. It makes it possible in particular to “reduce certain administrative procedures” to save time, said the resigning overseas minister, François-Noël Buffet.
18/12/24 – 11:46 p.m. – At least 500 Mahorese national education agents ask to be repatriated
END OF LIVE – At least 500 teachers and staff of the National Education of Mayotte would request to be repatriated from the archipelago, at least temporarily, reports France Blue. This data comes from an informal document, from an “independent study led by teachers”, and aims to “quickly identify staff who are not made safe in order to report urgent situations and the need for immediate help”. The archipelago has 7,434 national education agents, who teach first and second grade students, indicates the media.