Gendarmes, firefighters, police, brass band and traditional dancers paraded in front of the chosen audience, in rue de la République adorned with blue, white and red pennants, before continuing their parade on Boulevard de France this Saturday July 14 at 10:15 am sharp morning.
The elected officials and the representative of the veterans then proceeded to lay wreaths in front of the war memorial before meeting in a tent, in what remains of the garden of the Collectivity, for the official ceremony of the national holiday.
"I would have liked the Collectivity to have the means to offer the population a big Republican party today, but we have to be reasonable: unfortunately there will be no fireworks in Marigot Bay tonight, but I know that the people of Saint Martin understand our imperatives of savings and I am grateful to them in advance, but I promise them one on December 31, to enter with magic and hope in the new year 2019 "a promised Daniel Gibbs. This ceremony of July 14 was also the occasion for the president of the Collectivity, but also for Guillaume Arnell to publicly welcome the delegated prefect Sylvie Feucher, who took up her duties at the beginning of the week.,
The prefect claimed to have exchanged the day before with Leona Marlin, the Prime Minister of Sint Maarten, present in the assembly with some members of her government, on "the technical variations of cooperation", following in particular, following the signing of a Franco-Dutch cooperation agreement signed on June 28 in Paris.
"The conclusions of the fourth quadripartite meeting of June 28, will allow significant progress in reconstruction after Irma, but also in terms of knowledge and control of flows and the fight against organized fraud. Considered Daniel Gibbs.
The official ceremony, more sober and with a shorter parade than in previous years, ended with a glass of Champagne at the end of the morning. The activities then started on the seafront.
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