On May 17, 2024, Emmanuel Macron will receive the elected officials of Mayotte to present two bills to them. The island, already facing a serious security crisis, is facing an increase in cholera cases. The Minister Delegate for Overseas Territories, Marie Guévenoux, is currently visiting the department.
Guest of this Thursday’s television news, Marie Guévenoux, Minister Delegate for Overseas Territories, announced that EEmmanuel Macron, the Head of State, will present two bills to the elected representatives of Mayotte in Paris on May 17.
A constitutional bill which aims to repeal land law in Mayotte and the Mayotte bill which “aims to make the department function better and perhaps give it regional status,” she says.
The President of the Republic has both eyes focused on Mayotte to help the Mahorais and have a discussion on the future of the territory
Marie Guévenoux, Minister Delegate for Overseas Territories
Elected officials of the Departmental Council will have until July 22 to give their opinion on the Mayotte bill. These two bills will subsequently be tabled in July for an examination when parliamentary work resumes in the fall.
Cholera: opening of a vaccination center in Koungou
Marie Guevenoux made it known that “the State services are focused on monitoring the evolution of the epidemic. To date, 38 cases have been identified and treated. The minister confirmed the opening of a mass vaccination center in Koungou and the upcoming arrival in Mayotte of the Minister of Health, Frédéric Valletoux.
“Clear space” operation: progress report
In addition to the ongoing “place net” operation which mobilizes 1,500 gendarmes and police officers until the end of June, 30 soldiers permanently monitor the Mahoran coasts.
Added to this are maritime and air assets deployed in the Mozambique Channel.
The objective is “to prevent the arrival of migrants”
specifies Minister Marie Guévenoux
Three weeks after the start of operation “Place Net” in Mayotte, the Minister Delegate for Overseas Territories gave a progress report: 250 bangas have already been destroyed and a total of 1,350 must be destroyed by the end of the operation. 60 particularly dangerous profiles have been identified, 22 of whom have already been arrested. 60 bladed weapons were seized.
