St. Maarten Private Eye

The list at the head was to obtain the quarter of the registered voters (3 880 votes) and 50% of votes cast, to pass to the 1st Turn. A second ballot is thus organized on next 8 July. The three lists having obtained + 10 % reach to the second turn. The two other lists obtaining + 5% of the votes can be combined with those which exceeded 10 %. Fence of the dépot lists Tuesday to 6 p.m., they will be drawn up according to possible but not very probable alliances. With 600 votes of delay, on L-C Fleming it is disappointment on the side of the list Richardson - Arnell - Mussington which was thought easily majority. For Jean-Luc Hamlet first assistant of the Mayor, more than ever it is "To Be gold not to Be". Saddest, it is of course the abstention. I hoped for 60% voters, just small a 46,4% riquiqui. 7 195 voters, whereas they were 7 680 (60%) with the last local elections in 2oo1 (with less registered voters). In addition to the brevity of the election campaign, in the people it is not the fever citizen. The effects of the economic stagnation of the French part, weakened credibility and confidence with respect to the politis. Admittedly, there are deaths whose names are always lying on the electoral roll and of the citizens who do not live any more on the island and it would be necessary to make de-dusting of this list of the registered voters. One will add there the foreigners amenable to the West-Indian EEC and our brothers and sisters having residence permit ten years. The true local democracy it is that! In France, UMP and the PS titillated the voting rights from abroad to the local elections. Let us be the first French community to cross the course. It will be an excellent blow of pub in the Hexagon for our destination "Friendly Island". What is convincing, it is the existence of the challenge henceforth launched to the members of the Territorial Council: to sow seeds to set up of the participative democracy and more bonds of confidence between the elected population and citizens. In short a new management is essential. The man of the Castle carries out his personal objectives, in the line of his father, his uncle and his Fleming grandfather, plus two aïeux Beauperthuis on the side of his mother. A mandate with the head of the country which will be added to the 54 years of the line of the Castle. For St Barthelemy, only one ballot A suffices to elect the List Bruno Magras. The outgoing team is taken back with a final discharge of 2 400 votes (72 %). Registered 4759 Voters 3361 (70,6%)