2024-09-01 00:09:34
Christian Tein, the Kanak leader who was detained in mainland France after the violence caused by the reform of the electoral system in New Caledonia, was elected on Saturday August 31 President of the independent alliance FLNKS, an official said at night a, after a council in which the two components of the Front refused to participate.
The spokesman for the Department of Coordination of Field Service (CCAT), suspected of having orchestrated the riot which left eleven dead, has been in solitary confinement in Mulhouse-Lutterbach prison (Haut-Rhin) since June 23.
Through this appointment, Kanak and the Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) identified the CCAT as a tool for mobilizing for the Front and not only the Caledonian Party (the first independent party, FLNKS component), Laurie Humuni, general secretary for the Oceanian Democratic Rally (RDO), another member of FLNKS and currently running his political office.
The selection of the Kanak leader was made in the absence of two other components of the FLNKS: the Kanak Liberation Party (Palika) and the Melanesian Progressive Union (UPM). Due to internal divisions and disagreements on the role of CCAT, they announced their refusal to participate in the 43rd conference of the Front on Friday and Saturday in Koumac, in the north of the French island. Both have also warned that they will not accept political proposals arising from the meeting.
The crisis continues in New Caledonia
New Caledonia has been plunged into a deep economic, political and social crisis since the violence that followed the reform to expand the Caledonian electoral body. Elected in Paris, he was accused by the separatists of reducing the political weight of the Kanak people. The conflict that followed from June 13 left eleven people dead. For the authorities, CCAT creates conflict, which the group defends.
Mr. Tein, who thinks himself a “political prisoner”is charged specifically for complicity in attempted murder and criminal association with intent to prepare a crime.
The recognition of CCAT by the FLNKS should be possible to better coordinate the work of its various relays, not until now it has worked autonomously, said Ms. Humuni.
“We must raise some barriers to allow people to have access to essential services, but this does not mean that we give up our fight”however, he told Agence France-Presse, while the archipelago is still partially protected by the dam. The front has also expressed its desire to resume dialogue, but only with the State, without the non-liberal camp.
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