11:06 – “Mayotte stands up”: elected officials were “not consulted on the government’s decisions”, believes a deputy
At the microphone of BFMTV this Monday morning, Liot MP from Mayotte, Estelle Youssouffa reacted to François Bayrou’s announcement of wanting to unveil a “Mayotte standing” plan on Monday evening. “We, the elected officials of Mahor, were not consulted on the government’s decisions. We will discover them with the press and the general public. We will see if it is adapted to our needs,” she declared, before pointing out that priority should be given to “the survival of the Mahorais”: “There are always areas which have not received food aid, which have no water, no electricity , no phone.”
10:47 – From Mayotte, François Bayrou discusses the hot topic of immigration
Visiting the archipelago this Monday, the tenant of Matignon estimated that “anyone who would claim that there is no burning immigration problem in Mayotte is irresponsible”. And added: “Our duty is to ask the question and try to provide answers. This will be done […] by legislative proposals which will isolate subjects.”
10:34 – “The rumors of thousands of deaths are unfounded,” says François Bayrou
Two weeks after the passage of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte, and while the authorities have always taken precautions by citing the provisional toll – 39 dead and more than 5,600 injured on Sunday – fearing in particular hundreds, “even a few thousand” of deaths, the Prime Minister was less pessimistic. “The rumors of thousands of deaths are unfounded,” he said during his visit to the Mamoudzou field hospital this Monday morning. For him, the final human toll should include “a few dozen or a few hundred” deaths at most.
10:02 – “It’s a goal that we must set ourselves”: Bayrou maintains the goal of rebuilding Mayotte in 2 years
As he concluded his visit to the Mamoudzou field hospital this Monday morning, Paris time, the Prime Minister reaffirmed the executive’s objective of rebuilding the devastated archipelago in two years after the passage of the cyclone. Chido. “It’s a goal that we must set ourselves,” declared François Bayrou.
09:45 – A “Mayotte standing” plan presented Monday evening
Traveling to Mayotte this Monday morning (Paris time), François Bayrou declared that he wanted to announce, at the end of a day of “a day of dialogue” a “plan which will be called ‘Mayotte standing'”. It “concerns[ra] absolutely all the points that we have identified [pour] provide rapid responses”. And the tenant of Matignon clarified that there will be a “second phase within a few months”, then evoking a “long-term plan”.
09:28 – François Bayrou visiting Mayotte
Two weeks after the passage of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte, the Prime Minister, whose government is now formed, went to Mayotte this Monday. He is accompanied for the occasion by his ministers of National Education (Élisabeth Borne) and Overseas (Manuel Valls). François Bayrou has already visited the Petite Terre desalination plant and the Kaweni 2 college in Mamoudzou. He then went to the Mamoudzou field hospital.