Overseas Minister Sébastien Lecornu will visit New Caledonia on the occasion of the self-determination referendum, but the separatists have already indicated that they would not discuss with him because of the government's maintenance of the date of December 12.
"The Minister of Overseas Territories will also be going there on this occasion in the coming days and we are doing everything to ensure that the vote takes place in the best possible conditions and the Council of State has also validated its holding" ,
had indicated the spokesperson of the government, Gabriel Attal Wednesday at the end of the council of ministers.
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“The FLNKS and the Nationalists consider this visit unwelcome. It constitutes yet another act of contempt and a final provocation vis-à-vis the independence movement and the living forces of the country in view of the holding of the illegitimate vote on Sunday, December 12, 2021 ”
, indicated the independentist strategic committee of non- participation Thursday in a press release.
"Faced with the stubbornness of the State to maintain at all costs the date of the consultation on December 12, 2021, the FLNKS and the Nationalists are opposed to all discussions and to any meetings with the Minister of Overseas France before the presidential elections, ”
they added.
The separatist parties are up against the State's decision to maintain the third referendum provided for by the Noumea agreement on December 12, despite the Covid epidemic.
The Council of State on Tuesday rejected the request of a collective of citizens to postpone the vote, considering that the health context did
not “prevent”
the conduct of the ballot.
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