" THE BEGINNING OF THIS SECOND MANDATE OF THE COLLECTIVITE OF SAINT-MARTIN IS AN IMPORTANT DAY. THIS NEW MANDATE, THAT YOU WON AT THE HEAD OF RRR - AND WE CONGRATULATE YOU AT THIS OCCASION - HAS TO BRING TO SAINT-MARTINERS A TRANSPARENT, COLLECTIVE, EFFECTIVE AND COURAGEOUS ADMINISTRATION. ALTHOUGH UNION POUR LA DEMOCRATIE WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE EXERCISE OF POWER, FOR WE ARE THE DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION IN THIS ASSEMBLY, WE ARE GOING TO VOTE IN YOUR FAVOUR ACCEDING THE PRESIDENCY. WE WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS GESTURE, WHICH RRR DIDN'T DURING THE ELECTION OF THE SECOND PRESIDENT OF THE COLLECTIVITE.
OUR VOTE IS NOT A BLANK SIGNATURE; OUR VOTE IS ABOVE ALL, A RECOGNITION OF THE DECISION OF THE VOTERS THAT ELECTED YOU. AND WE RESPECT THEIR CHOICE.
OUR VOTE CANNOT BE NEITHER INTERPRETED AS A VOTE IN FAVOUR OF the RRR AND OF ITS PROGRAM; BECAUSE WE DO NOT SHARE ITS PHILOSOPHY BASED ON, ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY, USING SUBSIDIES FROM THE STATE.
WE VOTE IN YOUR FAVOR REMEMBERING THAT YOU PROMISED TO SAINT MARTINERS THE FOLLOWING THINGS WHICH SEEM TO US IMPORTANT: - - - - - -
- REALIZE A FREE ZONE WITH THE CREATION OF 2000 JOBS;
- ELABORATE A SIMPLIFIED FISCAL CODE;
- RENEGOTIATE WITH THE STATE THE ARTICLE 74;
- CREATE A DEVELOPMENT FUND AND THUS, CREATE 400 JOBS;
CREATE THE CONTRACT OF SPONSORSHIP; - ISSUE THE NECESSARY CALLS FOR BID TO DEVELOP THE WATER FRONT AND THE PORT;
REPATRIATE, TO SAINT-MARTIN, THE DECISION-MAKING CENTERS OF SEMSAMAR AND OBTAIN BY THIS, HIGHER DIVIDENDS
THESE SEVEN MEASURES YOU PROMISED DURING THE CAMPAIGN CAN BE ORGANIZED THIS VERY YEAR.
AT A MORE GENERAL LEVEL OF JOB CREATION, YOU MADE THE COMMITMENT TO PRIVILEGE THE HIRING OF SAINT-MARTINERS.
CONCERNING THE BUDGET BALANCE YOU MADE THE COMMITMENT NOT TO INCREASE THE DEFICIT NOR THE DEBT.
IN AN OFFICIAL PAMPHLET AT THE CLOSING OF THE CAMPAIGN, RRR WROTE, AND I QUOTE: "Beyond excitements of the campaign and the mindless speeches, the candidate Gibbs chose on Sunday, considering his weaknesses to come on the worst of grounds, opposition between communities."
I STILL DON'T KNOW IN WHICH OF MY SPEECHES, IN WHICH OF MY WRITINGS YOU FOUND THIS. PROBABLY AMONG THE TRASH-MAIL.
I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS TODAY SO THAT THE WORDS REMAINS: NEITHER ME NOR MY TEAM - AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR US SEEN THE DIVERSE ORIGINS OF MY FELLOW CANDIDATES - HAVE EVER PLAYED TO INSTIGATE DANGEROUS FIRES IN ANY COMMUNITY..
HAVING THAT SAID, MISTER PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE ACQUIRED TODAY OUR SIX VOTES FOR YOUR PERSONAL ELECTION AND WE WISH THAT THE OUTSTRETCHED HAND YOU SPOKE OF THIS WEEK IN THE MEDIA, IS ABOUT REAL COOPERATION, AND ALSO, TRANSPARENCY IN THE EYES OF THE POPULATION. WE FROM UD WILL ACT IN FULL CLARITY, WITHOUT BEHIND THE SCENE GAMES "
The six elected representatives of TEAM DANIEL GIBBS registered in the territorial council under the umbrella of the UNION POUR LA DEMOCRATIE and expect, as written in the law, to be recognized as a group legally established with the provisions planned in the article 6321-29, the article that was applied entirely when the RRR represented the opposition.
Proposed deliberations.
During the whole campaign, and well before, the spokespersons of the UD always denounced the lax functioning of the territorial Council. For the first session of this new mandate, things continue as in the past. These deliberations go, at first sight, totally against a new manner of governance. UD had put up front the reintroduction in the authorities of a strong collaboration involving in parliamentary work all elected representatives of the territorial Council. Here is not the case. UD had also spoke out against the extreme concentration of power in the hands of the President, in addition to those of the Executive Council with too much power.
We therefore,today, proposed to the new President to take back the powers devolved to his predecessor, only for a period of 6 months. This position allows all the territorial councillors to revise the functioning of our authorities. This the President refused. " This gesture, this refusal, explained Daniel Gibbs, leaves a bitter taste from the start of the new administration because, in which parliamentary instance are powers so vast delegated for period as long as five years? ".
Our group, concluded Daniel Gibbs surrounded by the five other elected representatives of UD, will not depart of its principles simply because they are an integral part of the democracy. "
