In a message published on the community's Facebook page, the elected officials, "the president and the territorial advisers call for calm and communication".
"These demonstrations are mainly the result of the dissatisfaction of a large part of the population of the island, worried and rejecting the passage of the PPRN anticipated by decree of the prefecture of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin on August 6, 2019", recall while understanding the motivation of the demonstrators.
"This application was made in spite of the unanimous rejection, opposition included, of the version of the PPRN anticipated presented on July 18 last in Territorial Council", they hammer, "while we have repeatedly asked for real consultation and more local government departments did not want to hear our repeated alerts ”.
"We are to secure our inhabitants, not to prohibit them from living where they have always lived," say the elected officials.
Territorial advisers went to certain dams yesterday and "wished to receive the prefect at the end of the day in order to learn about the State's strategy in the face of the current situation".
This exchange was done by phone. The president asked the prefect "to prefer concertation rather than force to resolve this crisis".
Elected officials call the demonstrators for calm and discussion with the state.
Friday, in the morning, the Prefect of the Northern Islands, Sylvie Feucher and the president of the Community, Daniel Gibbs went to meet the demonstrators in different districts of the island. With what outcome?_AF
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