After the mobilization of Thursday, August 06, which brought together about thirty people in front of the Prefecture of the Northern Islands, about sixty people gathered in Bellevue on Sunday to demand the end of border restrictions.
Last Sunday, they were about sixty to meet at the Bellevue roundabout to demand the lifting of border restrictions. Led by Territorial Councilor Louis Mussington and Lenny Mussington, member of the Soualiga United collective, the procession headed on foot towards the control zone erected between the French and Dutch part of the island, where a handful of demonstrators from Sint Maarten were waiting. Together, they demanded an end to border controls that "cripple the island's economy" and called on leaders to come together to find a favorable outcome. Victor Paines, member of the Soualiga United collective and Hervé Meunier, a business manager who have been very active on social networks since the start of the crisis, explained that they would lift the roadblocks themselves if the restrictions were still maintained. For the participants in this mobilization, the controls put in place by the Prefect Sylvie Feucher constitute an affront to the Treaty of Concordia ratified on March 23, 1648, ensuring the free movement of goods and people, and involving an obligation of mutual assistance between the two. parts of the island. For the Territorial Councilor, Louis Mussington, this measure “taken unilaterally paralyzes an already moribund economy” he explained, recommending a strengthening of barrier gestures and paradoxically "the closure by order of bars and night clubs". A mobilization that has not resulted in a response from the Prefecture of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin. Yesterday, she nevertheless indicated that due to the increase in cases of COVID-19 in Saint Martin, the Prefecture would temporarily no longer issue professional certificates to pass the controls. "Medical certificates will continue to be issued, for compelling and urgent reasons, on presentation of supporting documents", however, specified the Prefecture. Information which testifies to the will of the Prefecture of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin to maintain the controls, scheduled until August 15.
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