Last Updated on December 20, 2019, 4:23 AM AST by Anthony Morris
The Sandy Ground neighbourhood in Saint Martin stays to remain blocked notwithstanding word from French Overseas Minister Annick Girardin that the Natural Risk Prevention Plan PPRN method would be suspended to provide for the revision of the paper.
The Prefecture de Saint Barthelemy et de Saint-Martin says institutions re-opened today except for those in the Sandy Ground vicinity where blockages remained and passage for educational staff persist difficultly. A specialist unit from Paris will revisit early next year to help with revision of the PPRN.
In response to the Minister’s statement, members of the technical, operational committee (COT) suggest that the issue of the PPRN is still a significant matter for the whole saint-Martin community, notwithstanding the indisputable development offered by the Minister.
Blazing riots erupted last week in French St Martin last week, with gendarmes being carried out as army to suppress dissidents.
SKN was told that the purpose for the remonstrance is because, versus the advice of the Collectivity of St Martin (COM) and outwardly any research on the social or economic impacts, the Natural Risk Prevention Plan (PPRN) rules were being implemented.
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