On the Marigot seafront, the traditional National Day parade was followed by a ceremony bringing together representatives from Saint-Martin, Sint Marteen and Anguilla.
It was Chelsea Jhigaï, president of the Territorial Youth Council who was the first to speak. The president of the Collectivity Aline Hanson then recalled that this day is "a key date in the history of France" since these festivities not only underline the storming of the Bastille in 1789, but also the feast of the Federation in 1790. Les speeches - also by deputy Daniel Gibbs, senator Guillaume Arnell and prefect Anne Laubies - were of course focused on the tragic events of recent days on our territory. "We have all been affected" and "all have a thought for the families of the victims", declared the president during her speech, specifying that the territorial diagnosis relating to security will be delivered at the end of July. “In Saint-Martin, we experienced violence during this year. It has a different form than the one France has known, but it is present (…) violence is not inevitable. We must fight against it, permanently, ”said the prefect. _EH
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