Madam Minister for Overseas Territories,
May 20, 2005, 55% of French voters rejected the draft European Constitution. To break the impasse in which the victory of the NO had plunged Europe, our leaders have changed the rules of the game and how!
On March 8, 2008. Once elected, President Sarkozy has reintroduced through the window of Parliament, a treaty that had been expelled by the front door of the referendum. By working well, you certainly exorcised the NO but you have shown above, not without cynicism, your ability to ignore the popular expression after the polls. But this is the construction of Europe and is your business!
On March 4, 2009. A member's question Martinique Alfred Marie-Jeanne asks you to open the field as possible by the introduction of the Art. 74 defining part of the Autonomy of Martinique, you mention the referendum of December 7, 2003 without omitting to note that the proposal of a single Assembly was rejected by voters (NB: 50, 48% for NO) . Nice spin from the top of your perch, but what dose of selective amnesia!
Indeed, your point contrasts sharply with President Sarkozy's crusade to overturn the decisions of the Dutch and Irish people in the referendum on the European Constitution.
Through this response, we also find that your clock was still attached to the hours of 7 December 2003. You can not freeze as long history. The people of Martinique, came down heavily in the street, has sent you, to you, a strong signal about his exasperation and revolt against the inconsistencies of the current system that remains of the colonial type.
A new generation of Martinique knock on the door of social justice and liberty. She has chosen the streets to express their discontent and dismay at the cost of living and profiteering. This course is part of popular demand in a context of global economic crisis but it is exacerbated in Martinique by social injustice, the weight of the colonial past and slavery whose effects are still palpable
However, the anger that was manifested in the recent riots in Fort de France is a symptom of social malaise and the need for urgent solutions to the situation.
Ignoring this reality here, remaining deaf to the requests of representatives of the people is the risk of accentuating the growing crisis of confidence. Successive governments, all political persuasions, have never considered the arrests of parliamentarians Martinique. The consequences, you know. They are conveyed by these images that go around the world. Great advertisement for the country of Human Rights and the Citizen!
The time has come to break with these archaic practices. So is the credibility of local officials and the maintenance of social peace. Without a renewed confidence, we can not imagine a development with confidence from Martinique essential if the responsibilities escape us. The expected evolution of the population and meeting the current social demands should find their translation into public policy that are slow to be implemented. The consistent organization of government under a broad autonomy, even if it does not solve all the ills of Martinique, will meet in large part to all these objectives.
This is the meaning of our approach for an institutional change relayed by our parliamentarians.
When a fork illusion collapses, do not add a new proposal through your States General that you want to impose.
In Martinique, for 10 years, a thorough study was conducted in consultation with the public. It resulted in concrete projects submitted to the Prime Minister January 5, 2008. There is therefore no need to succumb to the mirage of yet another high mass. Instead, give a favorable response to the request of those who have the legitimacy of the polls for the future of Martinique.
The organization of a referendum on autonomy in the context of Art. 74 of the Constitution would meet the test of history. This is the response we expect from you, Madam Minister for Overseas.
Martinique, December 8, 2009 Louis BOUTRIN
Source: http://www.montraykreyol.org/
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