French PM Bayrou unveils ‘Mayotte standing’ reconstruction plan
French Prime Minister François Bayrou has presented a plan to help aid the reconstruction for the Indian Ocean territory that was devastated by a powerful cyclone a fortnight ago.
Speaking after spending most of Monday visiting a field hospital and desalinisation plant in and around the capital Mamoudzou, Bayrou said: "There is only one guideline: no rhetoric, but concrete and precise decisions" as he presented his "Mayotte Standing" plan to the archipelago's departmental council.
The newly-appointed prime minister announced that an emergency law will be presented to an inaugural council of ministers meeting on Friday, 3 January, with a presentation to the French parliament "within a fortnight", without giving any further details.
He added that his government would also put in place a programme legislation within three months to overhaul the entire territory.
'Mayotte of the future'
François Bayrou, accompanied by Education Minister Elisabeth Borne Overseas Minister Manuel Valls, has set himself the goal of rebuilding Mayotte within two years, underlining that "we need to think about the Mayotte of the future".
With regard to France's emergency response, he promised that electricity would be restored to all homes in Mayotte by the end of January, with "a reinforcement of 200 technicians to achieve this objective".
Drinking water production levels prior to the cyclone will be restored "before the end of the week," while the budget for the water plan will be "protected and increased".
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