Faced with the crisis raging in New Caledonia, the State’s strategy is strongly criticized by the Loyalists and the Rally. During a press conference this Tuesday morning, they indicated that they would only resume discussions on the unfreezing of the electoral body when order had returned.
While more and more voices are being raised to demand the suspension of the examination of the constitutional reform concerning the unfreezing of the electorate, the Loyalists and the Rally are castigating the State. The elected officials, at a press conference this Tuesday morning, asked that order be restored.within 48 hours” in New Caledonia. They insisted on the urgency of the situation because families are still stuck in the neighborhoods.
“What is the capacity of the State to protect the population?“, asks Sonia Backès, the leader of the Loyalists. “Today, some neighborhoods are getting back to normal but some are completely under the control of the CCAT. We must put in place the means to regain control of these neighborhoods and allow people to move freely..”
The Loyalists and the Rally indicate that they will only resume dialogue on the thawing of the electorate when order has returned. They also ask the justice system to act quickly to convict the perpetrators of the acts of violence and the sponsors.
More and more voices are now being raised to demand the suspension of the examination of the reform cunconstitutional. “So that calm returns“, Sonia Lagarde, the mayor of Nouméa, asked Emmanuel Macron “not to convene Congress”. The former senator and signatory of the Accord Nouméa, Simon Loueckhote, also sent a letter to this effect to the President of the Republic.
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