RASSEMBLEMENT DES
FRANÇAIS DES CARAÏBES SUD
Our pledge
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Dear fellow
citizens
The reform
of the representation for French citizens abroad has led to several changes in
functionality: the previous delegate functions have been split between two new elected
officials, and new districts have been created. This coincided with the desire
to retire of Gabriel Lafaverge, delegate the most voted in the constituency of
the Andes, after 17 years of loyal service to the community.
I thought a lot before agreeing to accept the
challenge to try to replace him. Not only there was the honor to have been asked to, and the great
responsibility that follows, but there is also the novelty of a system of Conseillers Consulaires (Consular
Councilmen) which we do not yet know exactly how it will work, especially in a complicated
riding like Venezuela, Trinidad and St. Lucia where there are not even reliable
air links with Caracas. To accept the responsibility I decided to trust a
family tradition of service to the French community in Venezuela and my own
experience as a volunteer for several years in several healthcare organizations
in the U.S.
