Thursday, senators adopted in first reading, the bill tabled in August 2016, by the former senator of Grande-Anse, Andris Riché, creating the commune of the Iles Cayemites. The Senators followed the recommendation of the Senate Committee on the Interior, Local and Regional Authorities, Border Development and Regional Planning, which was responsible for the examination of this bill, which in its report recommended that the Assembly vote favorably this bill "[...] considering the inability of the commune of Pestel, on which the Iles Cayemites depend, to provide basic services to the population of this locality, and taking into account the will of the population of the Islands to acquire its administrative and financial autonomy, the Committee on the Interior, Local and Regional Authorities, Border Development and Regional Plannin recommends to the Senate to give a favorable vote to this bill with a view to raising the Îles Cayemites to the rank of commune."

This bill will be forwarded to the Lower House, which will in turn have to pronounce and ratify in the same terms before it becomes a law after publication by the Executive in the official newspaper Le Moniteur. In the event of changes, the bill will be returned to the Senate for ratification in the same terms (shuttle).

Learn more about the Îles Cayemites :

The Cayemites are located south of the Gulf of Gonaïve, about 35 km east of Jérémie, in the department of Grand'Anse, constitute the 6th communal section of the Commune of Pestel. The Cayemites are a set of two islands the Grande Cayemite to the East and the Petite Cayemite in the West, which represent a total area of 51.29 km2 and an estimated population of around 10,000 inhabitants. The Cayemites have a Peace Court, a Health Center and three national schools. The main activities of the population are fishing, livestock and agriculture.

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