New Caledonia: Why is there unrest? • FRANCE 24 English
for thousands of years before French colonization many members of the indigenous canak community in new calonia feel France has no business governing the Territory located 16,000 mil away from its mainland all the kaks ask is to be recognized in their own country and to be allowed to run the country themselves if you go to Fiji it’s run by fijians it’s only here in New Caledonia that when you arrive you find other people in the authorities the separatist movement first gained momentum in the 1980s leading to something resembling a short-lived but bloody Civil War agreements made in the 80s and ’90s laid out a road map towards referenda on self-determination for the island range calming the violence but after none of the three pites held delivered a vote for Independence the territory status is once again up in the air since the 1998 Numa agreement the new Caledonian electoral register has been closed to your arrivals in the territory a move to prevent the dilution of the indigenous vote but after a constitutional change voted through the National Assembly this month promised to reopen the Electoral register allowing in 25,000 new voters only 12,000 of whom are indigenous canak activists cry provocation thetion of the electorat is not a new issue we’ve been warning them for some time and they know that it’s a divisive issue they know that they’re undermining the num Accords with this kind of rhetoric an already marginalized Community the canak people are twice as likely to be unemployed as the rest of the population and only 8% of them complete higher education compared to 54% in the European community of the island range
There have long been tensions between the Paris government and pro-independence voices among the indigenous Kanak population in New Caledonia, colonised in the second half of the 19th century and part of French overseas territories spanning the globe.
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4 comments
Grant them independence then seek a cooperation agreement. Problem solved
They are already let to run their country themselves, New Caledonia is autonomous. It has its own congress, its own government, its own president, its own provincial congresses….
The vast majority of the positions in the government are held by kanaks. They run New Caledonia. New Caledonia is run by Caledonians.
Free new Caledonia
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