The measure of "fortnight strict" for each person arriving in Overseas, undermined by the Constitutional Council, will be the subject of new decrees "in the coming days", announced Tuesday evening the Minister of Overseas Annick Girardin.
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Since March 30, "in accordance with the recommendations of the scientific council, a strict fortnight was put in place on arrival in the territories," said the minister in a video Tuesday evening. This measure "proved essential" in the fight against the epidemic in Overseas, she says.
Censorship of the measure
But Monday, if the Constitutional Council validated the law extending until July 10 the state of health emergency and organizing deconfinement, it notably censored the measure establishing a strict fortnight for anyone arriving in Overseas.
He considered as "deprivation of liberty" measures that consisting of "complete isolation, which implies a ban on + any exit" or that which requires "the person concerned to remain at his home or place of accommodation during a time slot of more than twelve hours a day ". He therefore censored these measures, because they were not accompanied by guarantees "as to the obligations that may be imposed on persons subject to them, their maximum duration and the supervision of these measures by the court".
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The Constitutional Council "confirmed that the principle of the fortnight is justified to protect our territories", explains Annick Girardin, but it also "considered that these fortnight must necessarily be accompanied by the guarantees which are now provided by law".
Employment contract
"The government will therefore be issuing decrees in the coming days to implement the quarantine measures provided for in the law of May 12," added the minister. Currently, for those in their fortnight, collective accommodation sites are open.
"The law does not question the measures already taken," said the minister. "All those who came overseas knowing the terms of the fortnight in the past two weeks remain in the places assigned to them by decree," said the minister.
On the other hand, "the new arrivals in the coming days will have to sign a contract of engagement to respect a strict fortnight on dedicated site or at their domicile", specifies Mrs. Girardin, who calls for "civility" of the ultramarins. "The principle of a ban on entry into the territories remains" and "only the compelling reasons for traveling, which are family, health or professional are justified," she adds.
Dedicated hosting
In a press release, the prefect of Guadeloupe specifies that "the fortnight in dedicated accommodation is highly recommended for passengers whose residence conditions pose a health risk for loved ones", or "whose home presents health difficulties (lack of water or private room, collective sanitary ...) ". The prefect also issued "a decree limiting the number of passengers to 130 on transatlantic aircraft".
The prefect of Reunion says that "if the conditions of home care do not limit the risk of contamination", he may "require the person to perform his fortnight in a dedicated place of accommodation".
The measures “may be more flexible and will allow for home confinement. But behind it will be to be responsible and to comply with these measures, knowing that a contagious person can do a lot of damage, "judges Martinique senator Catherine Conconne.