French President Emmanuel Macron has faced an angry reception from residents of the Indian Ocean overseas region of Mayotte, which was recently hit by Hurricane Chido.
“Resign! Resign!,” “Water, water, water!,” a crowd shouted gathered around the president as he arrived in Kavani, the neighbourhood of Mamoudzou commune hardest hit by the impact of the storm.
Locals told the President that it was good that he had come, but that they were missing literally everything. In the video broadcast by the BFMTV channel, it was difficult to hear Macron’s words because of the crowd’s disapproving roar and loud whistling.
“You have received first aid. I know it’s not enough,” he said, in an attempt to convince the crowd that sending help earlier was not possible.
The crowd that gathered around the politician demanded more aid be delivered to the victims, as much of the archipelago still lacks electricity, water and food.
Earlier, media reported that Hurricane Chido, which hit the French overseas department of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, caused damage worth hundreds of millions of dollars. French experts estimated the damage from the rampant disaster at 650-800 million dollars.
