The demonstration took place smoothly on Saturday July 24 in the streets of Marigot.
Saturday July 24, responding to the appeal launched by Jean-Barry Hodge and Thaly, more than 500 citizens of the French and Dutch parts of the island gathered in front of the Lady Liberty statue at the Agrément roundabout from 6 a.m. .
Shouting "Liberty" and "No mandatory vaccination" they started at 7:30 am a circuit in the streets of Marigot: rue de Hollande, rue de la République, rue de la Liberté, Low Town, Bellevue roundabout, rue de Hollande, rue de la République then met on the seafront around 9:30 am.
Before the crowd dispersed, Jean-Barry Hodge gave a speech during which he declared, in English, addressing the authorities and to the applause of the demonstrators: "Everyone takes their responsibilities now!" If the pass is applied in Saint-Martin, you will have to pay the consequences ”.
A demonstration which, although it was not declared in the prefecture, was supervised by the gendarmerie, and proceeded smoothly, the Saint-Martin Resistance collective having also provided a team to "ensure the safety of the population. "
A few hours later, in France, deputies and senators adopted a common version of the bill for the management of the health crisis. Bill providing for the extension of the health pass (full vaccination, negative PCR test or certificate of recovery) to leisure places accommodating more than 50 people, compulsory vaccination for caregivers or isolation for people tested positive for Covid-19, and which should come into force "at the beginning of August", while the decision of the Constitutional Council is expected to be rendered on August 5.
Friday July 23, the day before the demonstration in Saint-Martin, in a press release aimed at appealing to the civic-mindedness of the participants, the prefect of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, stressed that the conditions of application of the measures associated with the health pass in the northern islands were not yet "completely stopped". Serge Gouteyron also recalled having "always taken into account territorial issues in the implementation of national regulations" and that "with regard to the health pass, his action will be part of the same approach".
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