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Alcide Pone, rival to independence, will be the new president of Kanaky

  • The government fell on 24 December, following the resignation of representatives of the leftist party Kaledonia Elkarrekin (LGTBI). In this way, the loialists have regained the position of president that the independentists achieved for the first time in 2021. Since May, the island of the Pacific, which continues to depend on the French State, has been in a deep political, social and economic crisis.

09 January 2025 - 16:44
Last updated: 17:46
Alcide Ponga, Kanaky Herriko presidente berria. Delphine Mayeur/AFP

The new President of the Government of New Caledonia is the loilist Alcide Pone, following the vote on 8 January. The fact that the opponents of independence are mostly made their victory be: Six of the 11 delegates voted in their favour, while three of those abstaining voted in their favour, the independentist Samuel Hnepeune, who was in front of him.

The day before, the 54 elected representatives of Congress agreed on the constitution of the Government: four seats for the center-right party Concentration-Loialistak, three for the independence party Union of Caledonia UC and two for the sovereign party Kaledonia Elkarrekin and one for the UNI. That is, six in favour of Kanaky staying within France and five in favour of him becoming independent.

Put is anti-independence, and he is a politician of Concentration-Loialistak. She's 49 years old, she's a kanaka, and professionally she's held responsibilities in the nickel industry.

Independentistak in less

Independentists have lost the position of president who won for the first time in 2021. The government fell on 24 December, following the resignation of representatives of the leftist party Kaledonia Elkarrekin (LGTBI). Explaining their decision to leave office, they denounced the "lack of ferocity" of the presidency until then and the lack of a determined policy to improve the economic situation.

The political, social and economic crisis in the Kanaky people since May has led to the dissolution of the Government of Navarra. The atmosphere of this island, which continues to depend on France, hardened in May, with a law aimed at Paris:Paris would like to update the electoral roll and Kanak fears that its weight will be "reduced". They also consider that it would cancel the Noumea Agreement of 1998.

The French colonized by force in 1853 and since then, despite moving from the colony to the special status community, the Pacific islands as a whole remain part of France. The three Noumea independence referendum, the last on 12 December 2021, has been boycotted by the independentists due to the limited conditions of the COVID-19 health crisis.


 


 

 

 


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