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The situation that sparked a violent rebellion in New Caledonia on May 13 is about to return to the nationwide political scene. Decisive elections are scheduled for December 15 to resume the assemblies of the territory's three provinces, on which the composition of the native authorities then relies upon, and due to this fact the stability of energy between independentists and loyalists. But the seriousness of the disaster that has been happening for 4 months is as soon as once more pushing for the postponement of those elections, till November 30, 2025. This date is the utmost deadline set by the Council of State. Because the vote, which had been accompanied by Emmanuel Macron with a constitutional reform of the electoral physique rejected by a few of the independentists, had already been postponed by six months.

Prime Minister Michel Barnier wrote to the 4 New Caledonian parliamentarians on Wednesday, September 18, to ask for his or her opinion on holding the vote. For their half, the presidents of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet (Renaissance), and of the Senate, Gérard Larcher (Les Républicains, LR), have relaunched conferences on the topic, which has grow to be pressing as soon as once more.

The Socialist, Ecologist and Republican group within the Senate submitted a invoice on Thursday to postpone the New Caledonian elections till the tip of 2025. The textual content states that the financial collapse of the archipelago – at a price equal to 1 / 4 of its gross home product, based on the native authorities – ​​but in addition the division and radicalization of its political forces make it inconceivable to arrange an electoral marketing campaign.

“Total failure”

“The riots in New Caledonia are the result of the forced adoption of the constitutional bill aimed at expanding the electorate without a global political agreement on the future of the territory.”states the explanatory assertion.

The President of the Republic suspended his reform below strain from occasions, however political dialogue has not resumed. “We need to find a way for Caledonians to start talking to each other againjustifies Patrick Kanner, president of the socialist senators. This is an initiative aimed at putting the issue back on the front burner, to push the government to submit an organic bill.”

What “provoke a debate so that Matignon takes up the matter again”provides her colleague senator Corinne Narassiguin (Socialist Party, Seine-Saint-Denis). “Many elements of the crisis will remain, like embers under the ashes, if the State does not resume an impartial role.”

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