“We need a date for a new referendum in the coming years”, calls the president of the centrist senators Hervé Marseille

The senator also called for the creation of a “mission with high-level men and women” in order to “support the dialogue” in the archipelago.

“We need to give a perspective and we need a date for a new referendum in the coming years”called Friday May 17 on franceinfo the boss of the centrist senators Hervé Marseille, after a meeting between Gabriel Attal and the heads of the different parliamentary groups in Matignon on the situation in New Caledonia.

“The Prime Minister spoke to recall that the first imperative was the return to civil peace in New Caledonia”first explained the centrist senator. “He also called for the resumption of dialogue, because the outcome can only be political and it passes through dialogue, not through violence”. The senator now believes that“people must be able to go out, the roadblocks must be removed, they must be able to feed themselves and take care of themselves”. “It is necessary that the separatists and the non-separatists resume the dialogue, that they talk to each other”believes Hervé Marseille. “We must be able, within a limited time frame, to find a solution.”

The Congress, bringing together deputies and senators, must validate “before the end of June” according to Emmanuel Macron, the electoral reform contested by the separatists is the cause of an outbreak of violence on the archipelago. “We cannot at the same time want a return to civil peace, want dialogue, and do that extremely quickly. We can do it quickly, give ourselves a few months, but not do that in a few days or a few weeks”said Hervé Marseille.

The senator also called for the creation of a “mission with high-level men and women, the President of the Assembly, the President of the Senate, former Prime Ministers” for‘”accompany the dialogue” in the archipelago. “It would be a brand that shows France’s interest”he finished.

The President of the National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet requested on Friday May 17 during a meeting in Matignon in New Caledonia a postponement of the convocation of the Congress which must validate the constitutional reform on the unfreezing of the electorate in the archipelago, Franceinfo learned from parliamentary sources.