The interministerial delegate for reconstruction wished at a press conference to reframe certain comments made locally about the commitment of up to a third of the government in the reconstruction plan presented by the COM, deemed insufficient. It seemed normal that the State should help Saint Martin, devastated by the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the French Antilles. Well no.
Because Saint-Martin is a community falling under article 74 of the French Constitution, it does not fall under all the common law systems. In other words, the state was not obliged to intervene as it did the day after Irma.
"The finances of the State are as they are", however, in this budgetary context, it has granted nearly "half a billion euros", underlines the interministerial delegate.
"Common law does not mean automatic," explains Philippe Gustin. The State wants to help bring back to life a "real economy, not an assisted economy". "It is up to Saint-Martinois and Saint-Martinoises to rebuild Saint-Martin, not to the State," comments the inter-ministerial delegate. He nevertheless claims that, unlike what happened on the other side of the border, "the State does not abandon its territories". (More details on www.soualigapost.com)
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