16.05.2024 – 17:42
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Update: 16.05.2024 – 17:44
French state authorities announced that they would send an additional thousand funds from the security forces to New Caledonia In order to relieve stress. Violence erupted again after the official changes to the electoral list that should be for the third self-determination referendum agreed between the Qanak Autonomists and the French government. In just over two days of protest, five people died and security forces arrested two hundred people.
French Prime Minister, Gabriel AttalHe stressed that the decision was taken at the request of the President. Emmanuel MacronBecause the situation is still very tense in the region due to looting, fires, attacks and riots. In this regard, he stated that these additional 1,700 soldiers will be added to the 1,700 soldiers already present in the region.
Attal described revolutions as “undesirable and unspeakable.” For this reason, he explained that the government plans to issue new guidelines within the next few hours to punish thieves. The Prime Minister, who insisted on the importance of dialogue, expressed his regret that a fifth person was killed in the riots. The victim was a police officer who died after being accidentally shot by a colleague. In total, two policemen and three civilians have already been killed.
On the other hand, according to Elisé, the meeting between Macron and the New Caledonia authorities that was scheduled for today had to be cancelled, because the Kanak leaders did not want to talk to each other.
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