2023-09-04 14:58:40
“The separatist delegation comes in a spirit of discussion (…) which must be part of a state of mutual trust” declared Gilbert Tyuienon, questioned by the editorial staff of Outremers360. The member of the Caledonian Union and the FLNKS particularly regrets the “political complicity between the Loyalists and the government”, pushing “the State (to have shown itself) a little too partial in recent years”.
“This week in Paris is in a way the culmination of bilateral discussions with the State” explained Gilbert Tyuienon, who recalls that the separatists have discussed in recent months, with Paris, “technical” and “political” subjects such as the body electoral process, self-determination or even the continuation of the transfer of competences, during bilaterals. “We are still in parallel expressions” he however warned, “however we have identified a certain number of subjects to bring us closer on both sides”, he added.
Returning to the speech delivered by Emmanuel Macron in Noumea, Gilbert Tyuienon believes that the Head of State “seems to lay the foundations which are coherent for building the future. But we need clear answers, details to know where we are going. Because when the President of the Republic talks regarding the path to the future, we are talking regarding a trajectory towards negotiated independence”.
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“Once things are built on trust, we can very positively move towards a consensual decision for the future of New Caledonia” concluded the elected separatist, who mentions the months of October or November as a new deadline, following the congresses of the political movements of the FLNKS. “If we have to go further, decisions must be taken at this level”.
In a letter addressed to the Prime Minister, the representatives of the Loyalists (affiliated with the Renaissance movement) and the Rassemblement-Les Républicains (LR) asked, in the event of the absence of trilaterals, that the State communicate by September 9 on the timetable for the adoption of the constitutional reform announced for early 2024 and on the text that would be submitted to Parliament.
“The Caledonians, who voted no to independence three times, no longer support the procrastination of the separatists (…). It is time to move forward with those who really want it and who have the courage to assume their decision in front of the voters”, write the Secretary of State for Citizenship and President of the South Province Sonia Backès (Renaissance), the deputy Nicolas Metzdorf (Renaissance) and Virginie Ruffenach, LR representative.
For its part, the other non-independence party Calédonie Ensemble calls for a “consensus (…) to establish a new political and institutional stage in peace and responsibility for our country”, criticizing both the “oukases (imperative orders , editor’s note) repeatedly from some, and hesitant waltzes from others”. The party calls in particular on the government not to restrict the discussions to the sole subject of the electorate, “in this case, there will be no agreement at all”, in reference to the “big deal” or at least to the more modest agreement on the electorate defended by Emmanuel Macron in Noumea.
Calédonie Ensemble also calls for “leaving time to time”, in particular for the conclusion of an agreement, rejecting a “passage in force” because of the provincial elections of May 2024. “This democratic deadline does not constitute ‘an unsurpassable horizon’ to use the formula of a report recently delivered by the Senate on New Caledonia, as soon as the main lines of an agreement would be drawn up by the end of the year. The important thing, following 35 years (of Matignon and Nouméa agreements, editor’s note), is not to hold the elections on time but to be on time with History, “wrote the non-independence party.
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