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On Sunday December 12, the third and last self-determination referendum was held in New Caledonia. The count is still in progress, but the archipelago will remain French, reports Hugo Capelli, live from Nouméa.
New Caledonia says no to independence, Sunday December 12. “The ballots are almost all counted, and the victory of the no to independence will win by a large margin, more than 96%”, Hugo reports Capelli, special correspondent in Nouméa (New Caledonia). He is pointing out that “the score should be put into perspective because abstention breaks records: one in two voters did not go to vote “.
The independence political parties had asked their supporters not to go to the polls, “and the instructions were largely followed”, with a participation rate that does not exceed 5% in some independentist municipalities, continues the journalist. The separatists warned “that they will not recognize the result of the ballot, and they will go and challenge it before the United Nations”, concludes Hugo Capelli.