Even New Caledonia’s independence leaders have been unable to stop this latest spontaneous eruption of popular rage. France will have to compromise if there is to be a lasting solution.
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Four people have been killed in civil unrest in New Caledonia’s capital, Noumea. People on the ground say the crisis isn’t just political.
It’s important to understand that a First Nations consultative body such as the Customary Senate doesn’t pose a ‘threat’ to democracy or the rule of law.
The loyalists won the referendum vote this time, but the result was close enough to give hope to pro-independence supporters for votes in 2020 and 2022.
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Visiting Fellow, ANU Centre for European Studies and Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University
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Senior lecturer, Above the Bar School of Educational Studies and Leadership, University of Canterbury
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Associate Lecturer, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie
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Associate Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies, The University of Queensland
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Directrice de recherche au CNRS (CNRS, CREDO, UMR 7308), histoire de la colonisation, histoire du Pacifique et de la Nouvelle-Calédonie,, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU)
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