2024-05-18 03:46:32
Writer: Elchin Alioglu
Supply: Pattern
Regardless of a curfew and a state of emergency imposed on the French “abroad” territory, that’s, the colony of New Caledonia, the protests proceed.
The airport within the capital Noumea was closed by the French particular forces, all flights had been cancelled.
French President Emmanuel Macron urgently convened a gathering of the Nationwide Protection and Safety Council and ordered “the necessity to combat the riots within the strongest doable method.”
The explanation for the protests in New Caledonia is that Paris has taken the coverage of neo-colonialism to a brand new stage, additional limiting the already minimized rights of the indigenous Kanak inhabitants and decreasing them to the extent of de facto second-class folks.
On Could 14, in Paris, the deputies of the decrease home of the nation’s parliament authorized the invoice, which ignited the protests which have continued for 2 days in New Caledonia.
The doc will then be mentioned at a joint assembly of representatives of the Nationwide Meeting (decrease home) and the Senate (higher home) of the parliament.
The legislation, voted by 351 in favor and 153 towards, supplies for “legislative reforms” in New Caledonia.
The “reforms” embrace granting the suitable to vote and stand for election to native legislatures and territorial governments in New Caledonia to “new voters”, i.e. those that have lived in New Caledonia for greater than 10 years.
The actual fact is that, based on Numey’s understanding, the composition of voters (citizens) in New Caledonia has been frozen since 1998. Official Paris is sad with this, as a result of individuals who have settled in New Caledonia within the final 10 years and none of them are members of the aboriginal folks, that’s, Kanak, are excluded from the elections.
French President Emmanuel Macron describes the initiative as “a reform inside the framework of an natural, pure democratic course of.” The Kanaks, the indigenous folks of New Caledonia, regard the brand new legislation as a plan of Paris to additional distance them from politics, and most significantly, from native legislative and territorial-administrative our bodies, and to additional tighten the noose of neocolonialism.
On the night time of Could 14-15, the Kanaks, who began protest actions, had been arrested by the French navy and police within the New Caledonia archipelago.
3 Kanaks have already died. Certainly one of them died on the road from the gunshot wounds.
In response to Louis Le Fran, the French excessive commissioner in New Caledonia, the taking pictures was not performed by the police or the gendarmes, however “by individuals who wished to defend themselves”.
No official assertion has been made in regards to the identification of those legendary “individuals”.
Gérald Darmanen, the Minister of the Inside of France and the top of the Ministry of Abroad Territories of France, declared that “the rioters injured lots of of harmless folks.”
Not content material with that, Darmanen made a very absurd and idiotic assertion.
“Azerbaijan has a hand within the riots in New Caledonia and interferes in its inner affairs. The separatists went there to barter with Azerbaijan on some points,” J. Darmanen stated in an interview with “France-2” TV channel.
Official Baku has declared that it fully rejects French Minister of Inside Gerard Darmani’s opinion towards Azerbaijan and the alleged relations between the independence leaders of Azerbaijan and New Caledonia in his interview with “France-2” TV channel.
The Ministry of International Affairs of Azerbaijan stated that the French facet as soon as once more firmly condemned the insulting statements towards Azerbaijan and demanded to cease the smear marketing campaign towards Azerbaijan with unacceptable accusations such because the mass homicide of Armenians: It will be extra acceptable for him to recollect the historical past of brutal killing of tens of millions of harmless folks, committing crimes towards humanity towards native peoples.
Official Baku additionally emphasised that as an alternative of accusing Azerbaijan of supporting pro-independence protests in New Caledonia, the French inside minister ought to concentrate on his nation’s failed coverage relating to the abroad areas that brought on such protests: “We as soon as once more name on France to cease baseless claims towards our nation.”
140 folks have already been arrested in New Caledonia.
6 folks accused of allegedly attacking a gendarmerie and severely injuring him had been arrested and tortured within the Plam area, south of the capital Noumea.
The Pacific Marine Regiment of the French Armed Forces was deployed to Plama.
As well as, 400 staff of the Particular Forces of the French Gendarmerie (GIGN) and the Particular Forces of the Ministry of Inner Affairs (RAID) have already been deployed to New Caledonia.
New Caledonia is an abroad administrative-territorial unit of France with “particular standing”.
New Caledonia, consisting of islands with an space of roughly 19,000 sq. kilometers, situated within the southwestern a part of the Pacific Ocean, has a inhabitants of 270,000.
A French colony since 1853, chrome, cobalt, molybdenum, copper, gold and nickel are mined right here. New Caledonia, which has about 11 % of the world’s nickel reserves, is actually being brutally exploited by the French.
In response to the Matignon and Noumey accords signed in 1988 and 1998, the official Paris harassed that it supposedly gave extra independence and even autonomy to the native Kanak, however the actuality is sort of the other.
The Kanaks wish to be impartial, eliminate their colonial standing, and finish the native actuality of French neo-colonialist insurance policies.
New Caledonia has thus far held 5 referendums on independence, however the outcomes of all of them had been falsified by Paris.
In response to the official “outcomes” of referendums in 1988 and 1998, 57 % and 71 % of New Caledonians, respectively, had been in favor of autonomy.
Within the referendum held in 2018, 56.7 % of native residents, in 2020 – 53.3 %, and within the referendum in 2021 already 96 % (!) “voted” towards independence.
Nevertheless, New Caledonia has been included within the listing of countries free of colonial coverage since 1986. From that point, the battle for independence started. Nevertheless, France nonetheless continues its coverage of colonialism towards them. Native Kanaks have repeatedly acknowledged that they’re at risk of shedding their identification because of this French coverage.
It needs to be famous that Azerbaijan promotes the method of decolonization within the worldwide enviornment, helps the righteous battle of peoples affected by colonialism and resistance to neocolonialism. Our nation has declared the combat towards neocolonialism as a precedence.
It was reported that they’re struggling to go on their values to future generations they usually recognize Azerbaijan’s initiatives on this course. “Azerbaijan performs the position of an instance, a giant brother for us,” stated one of many members of the Caledonian delegation in Baku.
Omayra Naisselin, the chairman of the infrastructure, territorial planning, sustainable growth, vitality, transport and communication committee of the New Caledonian Congress, who’s visiting our nation, and the chairman of the Agricultural Company, spoke in regards to the imperialist coverage of France, which is at present ruling the island of New Caledonia as its colony, towards the native Kanak folks and the violation of their rights. , talked about their battle for freedom and the difficulties they confronted on this battle.
He stated that France doesn’t adjust to the obligations of the folks of New Caledonia relating to self-determination and independence, and tries to restrict the rights of the native folks by interfering with the structure and electoral laws:
“We thank Azerbaijan, as a result of this nation is the facet that evokes us within the battle. Azerbaijan is an actual instance for us.”
O. Naissel’s memorandum of cooperation concluded with the Parliament of Azerbaijan acknowledged that it’ll open new doorways to New Caledonia in lots of areas. In response to him, it is vitally troublesome to protect nationality below the colonial rule:
“France, in fact, doesn’t need this and is placing stress on it. Our foremost objective is to protect our tradition and values. France doesn’t respect its obligations and doesn’t stay neutral. France’s interference within the election in our nation isn’t within the curiosity of our folks. It may have a damaging affect on the democratic surroundings and stability in our nation. “.
As a result of occasions now we have listed, the waving of the Azerbaijani flag on the protests in New Caledonia and the gratitude of the Kanaks to Azerbaijan are usually not unintended.
After all, official Paris can also be very involved about Baku’s political and ethical help for the combat towards neo-colonialism.
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