visiting Mayotte, Emmanuel Macron heckled

Emmanuel Macron extends his visit to Mayotte, devastated by Cyclone Chido, on Friday, with residents divided between exasperation and dejection in the face of the enormous reconstruction work that is looming, by visiting one of the many shanty towns on the archipelago. Thursday, during a first day in the poorest department in France which was ravaged on December 14 by the most violent cyclone in 90 years, the Head of State was able to see the extent of the damage and the extent of distress.

“I decided to sleep here because I considered that given what the population is going through”leaving the same day could have “establish the idea that we come, we look, we leave”he explained to the press in the evening. “It’s a mark of respect, of consideration”he assured. The President of the Republic was confronted for long hours with the impatience, anger and despair of Mahorais who often lost everything.

“You’re talking nonsense”

“Macron resign!”, “you’re talking nonsense”, “water, water, water”young people and mothers told him Thursday evening. Unable to detail the measures taken throughout the day, Emmanuel Macron ended up blurting out: “I’m not the cyclone! I am not responsible!”.

“Don’t pit people against each other! If you pit people against each other, we’re screwed, because you’re happy to be in France. Because if it wasn’t France you would be 10,000 times more in trouble!”shouted the president in the middle of the shouting crowd. “There is no place in the Indian Ocean where we help people so much.”

On Friday, he should leave Mamoudzou, the capital of the French archipelago in the Indian Ocean, to go to the most isolated localities where relief, drinking water, electricity and distribution of Food takes longer to arrive.