the president of Medef on site says she is “angry” and “worried” about the tensions that are erupting

The president of Medef New Caledonia, Mimsy Daly, who lives in Nouméa, said Monday May 13 on France Inter that she felt “anger” in the face of the tensions currently erupting in New Caledonia.

The National Assembly is examining a bill on the electorate in New Caledonia. This provides for an expansion for the next provincial elections and for referendums although it has been frozen since 1998. One in five voters cannot therefore vote today on site. The separatists are against this reform. The French territory experienced a night of tension on Monday evening with vehicles set on fire, stores looted and clashes between demonstrators and the police.

A “feeling of worry”

Mimsy Daly says she is angry about this situation “because these are jobs destroyed and businesses that will not reopen their doors”. She claims that “Things quickly escalated in the early evening.” The president of Medef in New Caledonia describes “crowds on a certain number of roundabouts, quite violent”. She assures that “very quickly” companies have been “attacked” notably “looted food stores, fires in car dealerships then various stores in Nouméa and the outskirts with simultaneous outbreaks of fire”. In addition to anger, Mimsy Daly speaks of a “feeling of worry” on “the way things will turn out in the days to come”, while “the situation has not yet stabilized” on the spot.