Appointed prefect delegate to the representative of the State in the communities of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin by decree on June 18, Sylvie Feucher took office on Monday July 9 and thus succeeds Anne Laubiès.
It has, as is tradition, started its mission by laying a wreath in front of the war memorial and in the rain, from 8:30 am yesterday morning.
Breton, 59 years old, mother of three children, daughter of a naval officer, she says she is a sailor.
When she introduces herself to her first press conference as delegate prefect in Saint-Martin on Monday afternoon, she highlights her “atypical journey”. Sylvie Feucher has spent most of her career in the national police, where she rose through the ranks to become Divisional Commissioner in the Yvelines and where she was also secretary general of the Union of Commissioners of the National Police.
She was then Prefect Delegate for Equal Opportunities in Val d'Oise for three years, then appointed project manager for national coordination of government delegates in the regions. "It is the sense of the general interest that drives me" she summarizes to support the complementarity of her various professional experiences. Having the opportunity to act upstream to prevent the delinquency she faced as a police officer, for example, constitutes one of the aspects of the complementarity of her different professions.
From Saint-Martin where she had come 30 years ago on a mission in the context of the fight against drug trafficking, she kept "the memory of a paradise island" and was "shocked" by the images of post destruction. Irma whom she saw on TV last September. Since her arrival, Sylvie Feucher has observed that "the island is still injured". She claims to have "total respect for all the work accomplished", the extent of which she measures. But it wishes to move up a gear in order, always in cooperation with the Collectivity, to remedy in particular the problems of waste, wrecks of boats and vehicles visible everywhere on the territory which constitute not only a pollution but especially a potential danger. in the event of a cyclonic phenomenon such as the one just avoided. She is aware that there are legal problems such as: "how to get rid of them as quickly as possible while respecting the law?" ". And has already started to study all the legal possibilities to identify violations of the environmental code to, if necessary - even if it would prefer not to have to come to this - verbalize the offenders (individuals and companies). The issue of waste is her top priority and she has already scheduled a meeting with the Collectivity on this subject on Monday. Its objective is not so much to focus on the collection of waste for which the COM has competence, but rather the empowerment of everyone. Appeal to good citizenship.
"I work in project mode" she repeats, like a red thread, throughout this press conference. In other words, it is a matter of starting from an observation and proposing solutions adapted to the territory, taking into account its specificities, project after project.
In addition to the question of waste, she has already planned to tackle the problem of road crime, which she was able to observe as soon as she arrived on the island. Besides, she speaks of "road violence". The one suffered by pedestrians and motorists. She also plans to work on youth, one of the leitmotifs of her professional life, in particular by developing the training offer.
Sylvie Feucher will visit Leona Romeo-Marlin, the Prime Minister of Sint Maarten, on Friday with whom she intends to speak, among other things, about police cooperation as well as sustainable development and tourism.
Finally and in general, it is the law that it is attached, and in particular the control of legality. Irma returned the territory, which some felt to be “abandoned”, to the center of national attention. “You have to take advantage of all this to bring everything up to standard. We are not going to change anything in the past, but let's be ambitious for the Saint-Martin of tomorrow ”concluded the new Deputy Prefect.
(Source: www.soualigapost.com)
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