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From Noumea to Bourail, the blue-white-red flags painted on the road have lost their colors.
In the trees, independence flags are even rarer.
These vestiges of the previous referendum were not replaced before the consultation on the accession to full sovereignty of New Caledonia scheduled for December 12.
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"The last self-determination referendum in the history of our country, we really wonder if we are going to vote it"
, laments Gabriel Hernu, restaurateur in Bourail.
This supporter of the no to independence planted French flags on the banks of the Néra river.
“It's to show people who are afraid to show off because for thirty years, it has become frowned upon to show off for France.
We are privileged children in the Pacific and we would be crazy to deprive ourselves of this ally. ”
Its roots in New Caledonia are old.
"The first Hernu arrived in 1856, he was a prison guard."
And Gabriel doesn't envision his future
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