2023-09-24 11:05:29
President Emmanuel Macron greets Sonia Backès on July 25, 2023, in Nouméa (New Caledonia). LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP
Secretary of State for Citizenship Sonia Backès, candidate for the senatorial elections in New Caledonia, was beaten in the second round by independentist Robert Xowie, according to the final results released on Sunday by the Ministry of the Interior. Third in the first round in which the dissident candidate Les Républicains Georges Naturel was elected, Sonia Backès (Renaissance) did not manage to attract many electors in the second round, losing to the candidate of the Kanak Liberation Front ( FLNKS), which entered the Senate.
This is a first setback for the presidential party in these senatorial elections, while Ms. Backès was the only government representative to candidate during this election. The president of the southern province of New Caledonia, who was seeking a first term, suffered a serious setback with the arrival of the separatists in the Senate, a few days after a meeting at the Elysée between loyalists and separatists with the hope of finding an agreement on the status of the archipelago by the end of the year with a view to a constitutional revision at the beginning of 2024.
In the archipelago, the two outgoing senators Pierre Frogier and Gérard Poadja were defeated. The Senate is renewed by half on Sunday with an indirect vote in around forty overseas departments and territories.
All our articles on the senatorial elections
Add to your selections Add to your selections Add to your selections Add to your selections Add to your selections Add to your selections Add to your selections Add to your selections Add to your selections Add to your selections Add to your selections Add to your selections See more See less
The contributions area is reserved for subscribers.
Subscribe to access this discussion space and contribute to the discussion.
Contribute
#Sonia #Backès #member #government #running #beaten #separatist #Caledonia