New Caledonia is committed “on a destructive path”deplored on Saturday May 18 the government of the French Pacific archipelago, prey to violence. “People are already dying, not because of armed conflicts, but because they have no access to healthcare, no access to food”, the local Minister of Civil Service, Vaimu’a Muliava, was moved during a press conference in Nouméa. He called “to reason”. If the “social misery that is expressed” is understandable, said Vaimu’a Muliava to the youth, with the destruction of businesses and infrastructure, “you are punishing yourselves.” Follow our live stream.
3,200 people stranded due to lack of flights. The government of New Caledonia has identified 3,200 people stranded due to the absence of commercial flights from and to the archipelago, it announced on Saturday. The resumption of traffic is at this stage scheduled for Tuesday by Aircalin, but this date is very uncertain, because it is subject to changes in security conditions. Air Calédonie, for its part, no longer offers flights “until further notice”.
A request for a dialogue mission and a postponement of the Congress. The majority of parliamentary groups agreed to request the creation of a dialogue mission, according to several parliamentary sources to franceinfo, Friday May 17. The majority of groups also agreed on a postponement of the Congress which should lead to the adoption of the constitutional reform, at the heart of the tensions, following a meeting bringing together Gabriel Attal as well as the presidents of the two chambers of Parliament and parliamentary groups.
Riots since Monday. Since Monday, New Caledonia has been the scene of nightly riots which led to the death of five people including two gendarmes, after the uprising of separatists against an electoral reform passed in Paris.