“Mayotte is on the ground, morale is low and the population is completely exhausted. » More than a month after the devastating cyclone Chido, whose provisional toll stands at 39 dead and 124 seriously injured, the emergency bill for Mayotte will be presented in the hemicycle of the National Assembly on Monday January 20. The text was adopted by the Economic Affairs Committee on the night of January 14 to 15. The two deputies from the archipelago, Estelle Youssouffa (Liot) and Anchya Bamana (National Rally), respectively denounce a text “silent on essential subjects” and who “misses the point. »
“This is the most serious French civil security crisis known since the Second World War”thundered Manuel Valls, Minister for Overseas Territories, before the study of the text on Monday January 13. The bill composed of 22 articles aims, among other things, to facilitate regulation, allow the reconstruction of educational establishments and authorize local authorities to pay specific subsidies to associations. The assessment of the damage caused and the cost of rebuilding the archipelago is still ” in progress “, according to the ministry.
A new text presented at the beginning of March
The text, through its first article, tends to give the government the possibility of legislating by ordinance “within three months” pour “coordinate the reconstruction work of Mayotte “. Among the priority subjects, Manuel Valls believes that, in the short term, public action must respond to two major challenges: the return to school for students, scheduled for January 27, and waste management, to avoid any health risks.
-The committee's deputies adopted 84 amendments, including several from the text's rapporteur, Estelle Youssouffa. “Until December 31, 2025, the sale by a company to an individual of sheet metal that can be used as construction material is conditional on the presentation of an identity document and proof of address (…)», Stipulates one of them, with the aim of finding the owners of the houses destroyed by the cyclone and so as not to rebuild the bangas (sheet metal houses).
“Lack of ambition”
In the longer term, Manuel Valls hopes to produce a new bill by the beginning of March with structural measures, including the control of illegal immigration. A long-standing complaint from right-wing elected officials and the two deputies from Mayotte. “Our island is not capable of ensuring the vital needs and fundamental rights of French nationals and welcoming more foreignersdenounced Estelle Youssouffa during the examination of the text in committee. The text was written by the senior administration in the aftermath of the cyclone and before the appointment of the government. He lacks ambition. » “If we do not address the problem at the base, Mayotte will not be able to recover”added Anchya Bamana, the Mahorese representative of the National Rally.
