The separatists refused to come to Paris, Thursday 27 and Friday 28 October, to participate in a “partners’ agreement”, at the invitation of the Prime Minister, supposed to relaunch dialogue on the future of the island island .
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For the beautiful family photo hoped for, you will still have to wait. Too many chairs have remained empty. The first “partners’ agreement” between the State, the separatists and the non-independence, who was to revive, Friday, October 28, in Paris, the dialogue on the future of New Caledonia, at the invitation of the first Minister, Elisabeth Borne, is a failure.
The Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) has refused to come, while in recent days, the leaders of his four components decided one by one, after some hesitation, not to participate. Overcoming the internal divisions of the independence movement so as not to betray the common cause, the great figures have declined: Daniel Goa, at the head of the Caledonian Union (UC), Roch Wamytan, President (UC) of the Congress of New Caledonia, Then Paul Neaoutyine, chief of the Kanak Liberation Party (Palika) and president of the North province. Refusal, also, for the progressive union in Melanesia of Victor Tutugoro, and the Oceanian democratic rally of Aloisio Sako. No representative of the customary Senate. Nor of the association of independence mayors…
Only the loyalist part held one of the “bilateral” planned for the Ministry of the Interior on Thursday. Without managing to unite: the Caledonia group together, under the leadership of the former centrist deputy Philippe Gomès, refused to co -sill the joint declaration promoted by Sonia Backès, president of the southern province and secretary of state for citizenship of the Borne government.
The executive expected “complicated beginnings”, but wanted to believe it. “Everyone wants to resume dialogue,” we assured the Elysée, in Matignon, as at the Ministry of the Interior and Overseas. The hope was to receive, in a large unprecedented format, forty political, economic and religious representatives Caledonian. “The State was responsible for engaging the discussion. It is, from October 28,” said Matignon. State and Loyalists converge to say that “the path will be long and complicated”.
It will indeed be necessary to close the long transitional political process, opened in 1998, in principle for twenty years, from the Noumea agreement: it has strengthened the autonomy of New Caledonia by large transfers of Skills, with a view to “full sovereignty” still to write. After this “method meeting”, working groups will still be installed, on the economy, social cohesion and institutions.
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