State of emergency in place because of deadly unrest over bill that will let French people vote in provincial elections after 10 years of residence
A building damaged in the New Caledonia riots against plans to allow more people to take part in local elections.A building damaged in the New Caledonia riots against plans to allow more people to take part in local elections.
By Thursday, 200 people had been arrested, and 64 gendarmes and police injured, while road barricades put up by the protesters were causing a “dire situation” for medicine and food for the population, Le Franc added.in New Caledonia starting at 5am on Wednesday, giving authorities additional powers to ban gatherings and forbid people from moving around the island.
The roadblocks were difficult to pass through, and he had been subjected to insults and threats of violence, he said.A resident wears a white armband, showing intention to watch over a neighbourhood in a peaceful manner, at a roadblock set up by residents in the Magenta district of Noumea.Main and secondary roads in Noumea were blocked by barricades with burning cars and their shells – some with booby traps of gas bottles and ignition systems, Le Franc said.
Rioting broke out over a bill adopted by the French parliament in Paris on Tuesday that will let non-Caledonian French who have lived in New Caledonia for 10 years vote in provincial elections – a move some local leaders say will dilute the indigenous Kanak vote.
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