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Invested in the Ministry of Overseas Territories, Manuel Valls wants to go to Mayotte “as quickly as possible”
Having just arrived at the Overseas Ministry on Tuesday, Manuel Valls wants to make Mayotte, an archipelago ravaged by Cyclone Chido, a “priority” and go there “with the Prime Minister as quickly as possible.” of the anger, fear and anguish of our Mahorese compatriots. The State is responding,” declared the former socialist Prime Minister during the handover ceremony at the Ministry of Justice. Overseas. “Mayotte is urgent, it’s our priority,” he said again, after having assured earlier on France Inter that he wanted to get there quickly. He will first tackle urgent issues for the archipelago located in the Indian Ocean: “water, food, transport, electricity, travel, housing, (…) school and the start of the school year in January. The former socialist also promised a “nation's commitment to rebuild Mayotte, better and differently. This is the purpose of the reconstruction law which, we hope, will be adopted by the Council of Ministers.” Emmanuel Macron has in fact promised a special law to “rebuild Mayotte” and “put an end” to the slums. Prime Minister François Bayrou has set a potential deadline of two years for this reconstruction. Looking solemn on his arrival at the podium of the Hôtel de Montmorin, for the handover ceremony with his predecessor François-Noël Buffet, Manuel Valls said little by little revealed a happy face throughout Mr. Buffet's speech. “These were three intense months, three months of action marked by emergencies: New Caledonia, Martinique, Mayotte,” summarized François-Noël Buffet, before wishing his successor “that all means be (to him) given to continue to address the challenges” of Overseas Territories. “Overseas is a major ministry of the State. This is why the Prime Minister wanted the Ministry of Overseas to be a ministry of State, embodied by a former Prime Minister,” replied Manuel Valls. “Issues of water, infrastructure, identity, access to work, healthcare, housing, energy transition, blue economy, youth, transport, the fight against inequalities, power purchasing, security, immigration” appear in the list of work areas of the new minister. – Neither left, nor right – Another concern, New Caledonia, which saw its first government led by an independentist fall on Tuesday after the resignation of members of the loyalist movement Caledonia together. “New Caledonia needs a government as quickly as possible. It is difficult to build a future without a government for the archipelago,” commented Manuel Valls. His surprise return to the French political scene and his parachuting overseas sea are far from unanimous. This appointment “is similar for the Mahorais to a Chido 2 which falls on Mayotte” for Mansour Kamardine, former deputy of Mayotte and LR vice-president in charge of Overseas. “I dare to hope that as a Former Prime Minister, Mr. Valls will be able to find ways of appeasement in New Caledonia, those of increased assistance and lasting reconstruction in Mayotte and the strength to impose, finally, a ambitious roadmap for all overseas territories”, reacted for his part Victorin Lurel, senator of Guadeloupe. Questioned on France Inter about his career and his political positions, Manuel Valls believes that he represents “neither the left wing, nor the right wing” within the government of François Bayrou. “Where I am, I must be attentive to all voters, whatever their vote. The extreme left, the left are powerful in the overseas territories, the National Rally too, they have deputies in Reunion and Mayotte “, he underlined. A fan of “challenges” and “risk-taking”, he does not consider his failed attempt to win the Barcelona town hall in 2018 as a failure since there is “met love”. “Life is about successes and above all failures. That’s the beauty of life,” philosophizes the former socialist heavyweight.jvi/cal/sp
