“Around twenty dead” have so far been recorded in Mayotte after the passage of Cyclone Chido, but “for the moment, the results are uncertain”declared François Bayrou, Tuesday December 17 before the National Assembly. Facing the deputies during Questions to the government, to which he was the only one to answer, the Prime Minister also mentioned “200 seriously injured” et “1 500 injured who are in relative emergency”. Follow our live stream.
François Bayrou defends himself after coming to Pau. The Prime Minister, whose trip to Pau on Monday to attend the municipal council of the city of which he is mayor caused controversy in the midst of the crisis in Mayotte, responded. “Pau is in France”, defended François Bayrou while responding to the head of LFI deputies, Mathilde Panot. “I was at the crisis meeting with the President of the Republic, I participated from the first to the last minute. Simply, I participated by video, like the Minister of the Interior,” he also said, criticizing the disconnection of elected officials with the territories. “We do not have the right to separate the province and the circle of powers in Paris”he also estimated.
A nighttime curfew established. A ban on exit and movement will be put in place in the archipelago between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. to avoid looting, announced the Ministry of the Interior, confirming information from BFMTV. Monday evening, Bruno Retailleau affirmed that this measure could be implemented by the prefect “as soon as he judges him[it] necessary”.
For Bruno Retailleau, the “migratory question” must be “a national priority”. “We will not be able to rebuild Mayotte without addressing, with the greatest determination, the migration issue”declared the resigning Minister of the Interior, calling for the establishment of “national priority” the passing of a law so that “France regains control of its immigration”. An appeal judged “indecent” by the boss of the PS, Olivier Faure, “because the time is for contemplation when everything is desolation on the Mayotte archipelago”.
A risk of epidemics and “starvation”. The priority is to ensure the “vital needs” inhabitants with water and food, estimated Bruno Retailleau, describing an archipelago “totally devastated”. “We risk a health crisis”alerted Ben Issa Ousseni, the president of the departmental council, on the Mayotte La 1ère channel. In addition to possible epidemics, he mentioned “a risk of famine”aggravated by the annihilation of local agricultural production, first and foremost banana plantations.
An evening of support on France 2 Tuesday. France Télévisions will broadcast a “great evening of support and solidarity” from 8:50 p.m. in response to the “emergency situation affecting the Mayotte archipelago”. This mobilization “for reconstruction and aid to devastated populations” will be done “as part of the call for solidarity orchestrated by the Fondation de France”according to the company.
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