Sébastien Lecornu will move to Noumea for the 12th of December vote, but the Kanak separatists oppose an end to non-reception and still call the boycott.
Le Monde with AFP
The Minister of Overseas Sebastien Lecornu must visit New Caledonia on the occasion of the holding of the referendum, but the independence, including the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKs), have already indicated that They would not discuss with him. They reproach the government for maintaining the referendum on Sunday, December 12, despite the Covid epidemic that has been in the island since September.
“The Minister of Overseas will be on the spot on this occasion in the coming days and we do everything so that the vote takes place in the best possible conditions and the Council of State has validated His outfit, “said the government spokesman, Gabriel Attal on Wednesday at the end of the Council of Ministers.
“The Flnks and the nationalists consider this visitation Malvenue. It is an umpteenth act of contempt and a ultimate provocation vis-à-vis the independence movement and the country’s strong forces in view of the illegitimate poll of this Sunday December 12, 2021, “said the non-participation independence strategic committee Thursday in a communiqué . “Faced with the stubbornness of the State to maintain at all costs the date of consultation as of December 12, 2021, the FLNKS and the nationalists oppose any discussions and to any meetings with the Minister of Overseas before the presidential elections, “they added.
A third referendum on
The Council of State rejected Tuesday the request of a collective of citizens to postpone the vote, believing that the pandemic did “not obstruct” to the progress of the vote.
In this context, the High Commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia indicated Thursday on Twitter having taken three decrees applicable from December 10 until December 13th. They prohibit the port and transport of weapons and ammunition, restrict the distribution, sale and purchase of fuel and prohibit the use, the port and transport of pyrotechnic articles on the territory.
📌 Order on the temporary prohibition of the use, port and transport of entertainment devices … https://t.co/qysunrrr4ta’/p>- HC98800 (@ high commissage988)
In order to complete the decolonization process of New Caledonia opened by the Matignon Agreements of 26 June 1988, this referendum, the third in three years, asks the following question: “Do you want New Caledonia to access Full sovereignty and becoming independent? “. Given the call for non-participation launched by the independence, it is likely that not prevails again. This will oblige the French authorities to invent a new status for the territory, the current being supervised by transitional provisions of the constitution which will become obsolete.