The government of François Bayrou announced the day of national mourning for Mayotte? These elected officials are indignant

POLICY – “Indecency” et ” contempt “. While the deadline desired by François Bayrou to present his government is coming to an end, the possibility of an announcement this Monday, December 23 does not pass. And for good reason: the day was marked by national mourning for Mayotte, where the passage of Cyclone Chido left at least 35 dead.

“I find it frankly very inappropriate and it makes me angry”asserts RDPI senator from Mayotte Saïd Omar Oili on franceinfo. “What will we remember from this day? Are we going to remember the tragedy that has just happened in Mayotte or the appointment of the government? As usual we move to second place […]. At some point, you have to put politics aside and have a little compassion towards your compatriots,” he adds.

The same anger is shared by LIOT MP from Mayotte Estelle Youssouffa. “The general obsession with the political position in Paris is reshuffle. And we even see the Prime Minister seeming to be considering a reshuffle on a day of national mourning. Gentleman who had a municipal council in Pau, who has still not come to Mayotte […]. I am not only upset, I find that it is so contemptuous, serious, mediocre, that we no longer have the words”she said on France Inter, her voice trembling.

Even in the presidential camp, the possibility of an announcement this Monday raises questions. “ I don’t see how a day of national mourning could be translated into a day of government casting,” estimated the EPR deputy for Yvelines Karl Olive on CNews. “The timing is not necessarily right », Also judged the RN deputy Julien Odoul.

As the controversy grew, the Élysée partly cut short speculation, ensuring that the announcement would not take place before 6 p.m. due to the day of mourning. Emmanuel Macron will participate at 11:00 a.m. in the minute of silence which will be observed throughout the country “alongside agents of the presidency in the courtyard of honor”added the Élysée.

“The Mahorais will be, a second time, affected and above all bruised”

The signal is all the worse as a sequence of the President of the Republic's trip left its mark. Surrounded by angry Mahorais, the head of state was annoyed by the reproaches made to him, before saying: “ You are happy to be in France. There is no place in the Indian Ocean where we help people so much, that's a fact. […]. If it wasn't France, you'd be ten thousand times more in trouble. » He then defended himself, saying that it was “people of the RN” Who “insulted France”.

An exit that was very poorly received nationally but also locally. “You saw the words he said when he was a little heckled by the population. That in a way, we are not French in our own right, but French in their own right”estimates Saïd Omar Oili. Before adding: “It wouldn't surprise me if the government was named today. The Mahorais will be, a second time, affected and above all bruised. »

François Bayrou said he hoped for a government before Christmas and continued his discussions on Sunday with the President of the Republic on its composition. But the announcement, once anticipated for Sunday evening, ultimately did not take place. According to the various press accounts which are made, three points complicate the discussions: the entry of Xavier Bertrand, reviled by the National Rally, the Quai d'Orsay disputed by Gérald Darmanin and Jean-Noël Barrot and the attribution of the Ministry of the Economy, crucial in the current context.

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