Two days after the passage of tropical cyclone Chibo, the government intends to send two messages. The first : “The State wants to show its compassion for Mayotte” by going quickly “at the heart of the disaster” ; the second: the State will “put it all together” to heal the wounds and rebuild the island.
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Arriving on Monday, December 16, in Mayotte with a Civil Security Dash plane, after a stopover in Reunion, Bruno Retailleau, resigning Minister of the Interior, repeated this to local elected officials. “We will mobilize all possible means in civil and military terms”he insisted to the prefecture of Mayotte, voluntarily placing himself in the long term and in the perspective of the formation of the new government of François Bayrou.
Accompanied by other members of the resigning government – François-Noël Buffet (overseas minister) and Thani Mohamed Soilihi (secretary of state responsible for the Francophonie) – Bruno Retailleau flew over Mayotte, noting that “the island is devastated, no place has been spared”. He and his colleagues were struck by the “little presence” of inhabitants. “There is astonishment too”explains Mr. Retailleau who, “unable to project”refuses to give figures on the death toll.
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