The dissolution of the National Assembly, pronounced by Emmanuel Macron on Sunday June 9, put a stop to a certain number of bills or information missions concerning overseas territories. Explanations.
Sunday June 9, after the results of the European elections, which saw the National Rally come first in the votes (31.4%), the President of the Republic announced that he would dissolve the National Assembly. Consequence: all bills and fact-finding missions were put on hold. A certain number concerned overseas territories.
Started in October 2023, the “information mission on the institutional future of overseas territories”, chaired by Davy Rimane, then deputy for the 2nd constituency of Guyana, was stopped on June 9. A fact-finding mission allows you to exercise control over government policy. The deputies present a report which may give rise, in public session, to a debate without a vote or to a question session.
Four deputies from all sides (LR, GDR, Renaissance and LFI) have made several trips to different overseas territories since February 2024. “The objective is for the territories which really want to evolve in any way, for discussions to be initiated with the government very quickly”explained Davy Rimane in an interview with Guyana the 1st. He then assured that he wanted to create a “Guyanese model in the Constitution”.
In an interview given to Mediapart after the dissolution, he asserts that the dissolution of the National Assembly does not put an end to this development:
The process of institutional evolution is still ongoing. This process will only be called into question if the elected representatives of Guyana decide so, regardless of the majority, we remain on what we voted for: the change of status and the autonomy of Guyana
Davy Rimane, former deputy for the 2nd constituency of GuyanaMédiapart
This Wednesday, June 12, Emmanuel Macron announced “suspend” the project to thaw the electoral body in New Caledonia, at the origin of the revolts on the island. This project was supposed to give 25,000 new voters access to the provincial elections, risking marginalizing the independence aspirations of the Kanaks.
Voted on April 2 in the Senate and May 14 in the National Assembly, the project was to be adopted ultimately by the Parliament meeting in Congress at Versailles. Consequence of this dissolution: impossible for parliamentarians to meet.
On the other hand, this revision process could be continued with a new Assembly. Especially since the National Rally and Les Républicains deputies have already supported this text.
The announcement then caused a stir. After several weeks of blockage in Mayotte, Gérald Darmanin, then Minister of the Interior, announced last February that he would put an end to land rights in Mayotte. Exceptional reform, which had to involve a revision of the Constitution. Another ordinary bill was also to be presented, including the abolition of territorialized residence permits and other aspects, such as economic and social development or even institutional development.
These projects were to be presented to elected officials in Mahor this Thursday, June 13. Local elected officials were even already present on site, reports our colleagues fromOverseas the 1st. We will therefore have to wait until the beginning of July to relaunch, or not, these projects. An additional delay which arouses the disappointment of many Internet users.
Other bills were shelved with the dissolution of the National Assembly. This is the case of the bills on the end of life, agricultural orientation – with a fourth Egalim law on farmers’ remuneration -, the tightening of unemployment insurance and even the reform of public broadcasting.
The legislative elections will take place on June 29 and July 6 in Guyana, one day before the elections in France.
