President's reaction to publication of CTC interim report

"I would like to reserve the right to come and comment in public on a provisional report from the Territorial Court of Auditors (CTC) which is circulating unofficially since the court itself has emphasised the provisional and confidential nature of this report.

I question the desire to cause harm on the part of the people who are circulating this preliminary report and I deeply regret that elements taken out of context and without possible contradiction were disclosed by a Guadeloupean media outlet even though the document was not distributed by the CTC.

This haste in no way respects the confidential nature of the provisional document and therefore distorts the public's assessment. Indeed, a provisional report is by definition an unfinished document which contains only part of the information and does not take into account the contradictory arguments put forward by the institution concerned.

Once integrated into the report, the detailed responses of the Collectivité transmitted to the jurisdiction last July, will complement the work of the CTC which will be able, if it deems it necessary, to modify its recommendations and give its definitive character to the document. Only at that time will a relevant analysis on the period identified in the document (2019-2023) be able to be developed and commented on in the media.

When the court has officially published the final report, I will be fully prepared to express my views on the substance, comment on the CTC's analyses and recommendations and argue for our political choices."

For now, the President and his team remain focused on the many territorial priorities in the general interest of Saint-Martin.