Officially dedicated "year of the overseas", 2011 is called, at least on an institutional level, to a series of changes. Starting with the merger, Martinique and Guyana, Regional Council and of the Council General in an original unique community, merge for which the head of State to "go as quickly as possible", as he recently wrote to elected officials. Passage to the West Indies later this week before joining Washington, Nicolas Sarkozy should evoke this folder it had itself opened as of June 2009 at Fort-de-France, in the aftermath of the Caribbean long social crisis. The population of these territories had approved the principle of the reform in a referendum held on January 24.
Emergency procedure
But, nearly a year later, the case seems slower than desired. Contrary to what several times Marie-Luce Penchard, announced Minister of the overseas renewed his duties at the last redesign, projects of this reform act did indeed still not featured Council of Ministers. Hence, no doubt, the willingness of the Government to end the phase of consul-tation and retain the procedure of urgency for these bills. Elected officials from Martinique and Guyana, formally consulted on this text defining the mode of election of Councillors of the new unique assemblies (respectively 60 and 51 Councillors), the mode of operation of these and their field of competence, have been asked to hurry to give their opinion. They have planned for the latter to January 6... either the day before the arrival of the head of State in the West Indies.
Guadeloupe is band apart
Despite the reservations expressed locally - including in Guyana on the financial means - Paris seems decided the creation of the new unique assemblies before the summer, for adoption by the Parliament in order that, come to learn the elect, they be installed at the latest "July 1, 2012. Only now the Council of State could frustrate this calendar not validating the constitutional feasibility for a factual termination of the mandates of the General and regional councillors who normally run until 2014.
The case of Guadeloupe is, itself, a step. In June 2009, the head of State had given members a reflection of eighteen months. Just before the deadline, they come to decide, last week, not to follow the path taken by Guyana and Martinique. And choose a simple adaptation to their island of territorial reform recently adopted by the Parliament. Option under the new Act and which may be lifted in order but that, apparently, the meeting, for its part, will not play. The negotiation that will engage these coming months between the State and continental politicians to amend the territorial reform may however be rude. "It is a return back that I can only deplore," had launched the MP and President of region PS Victorin Lurel, after the adoption of the territorial reform.
Finally, will remain in the coming months, the Government to complete committed reflection to end chronic instability in French Polynesia, which discourages investors and enrages a population whose standard of living is steadily back: not less than twelve Governments succeeded since 2004 at the head of this community to the specific status. The Bill promised for late 2010 by Marie-Luce Penchard is still not closed. He faces many misgivings, including that of the current President, Gaston Tong Sang, yet close to the presidential majority.
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