In Mayotte, Emmanuel Macron is struggling to convince the rapid reconstruction of the island – Liberation

It took more than an hour of crowd bathing before a woman spent around Emmanuel Macron’s neck a collar of white flowers, a symbol of welcome to Mayotte, usually lavished as soon as personalities arrived. The reception of the president by the inhabitants of Tsingoni, in the center of the island, Monday, April 21, oscillated between heat and recriminations. If Mahorais have danced and sang the shirt, a most joyful religious ceremonial, others have expressed their exasperation, four months after the passage of Cyclone Chido who devastated the department on December 14.

Riday Zazibou, however assured, says that it has still not been reimbursed damage. « I had to go for a month in mainland France to put my children safe », Accuses the mother, a small French flag in hand. At his side, a resident demands the application of zero -rate loans, promised by the executive: « We are asked the moon in administrative pieces, and in the meantime, we sleep under the tarpaulins! » Emmanuel Macron, accompanied by his wife for a part of this day -to -day lightning visit, wants to be reassuring. « We will lighten the procedures », he promise. At the foot of the oldest mosque in France, the inhabitants are skeptical. Yves Abi lived with his grandmother