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“Do you want New Caledonia to gain full sovereignty and become independent?”. This is the question that will be asked Sunday, December 12 and for the third time to New Caledonian voters. UA referendum under pressure, the separatists having called for a boycott of this vote.
New Caledonia, an archipelago at the end of the world, is confronted to a question: become independent, or remain French. 17,000 kilometers from the metropolis, New Caledonia and its 185,000 voters will be invited to vote on Sunday, December 12. In the commune of Bourail, where the activity is concentrated in the land, Cindy leads her herd of around thirty animals. She will vote against the independence of New Caledonia, like most breeders.
But what she hopes is that supporters on both sides finally come to an agreement. The situation is tense. In Bourail, the independence tribes called on their voters not to vote in this health context. The inhabitants do not hide their anger against the French state, which maintained the referendum while a postponement of the poll was demanded.