The French government had taken a "laissez faire" attitude toward protests which led to the occupation of the presidential palace in French Polynesia, the nation's president told the Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji. Oscar Temaru came to power in February 2005, after a controversial clash with former leader Gaston Flosse that required by-elections to obtain a result. Yesterday, security...
According to the nation's president, the French government had taken a "laissez faire" attitude toward protests which led to the occupation of the presidential palace in French Polynesia.
Since Oscar Temaru was elected president of Tahiti Nui (French Polynesia) in June 2004, he has infuriated the Pacific countrys colonial masters in Paris. The furore over Temarus July 28 leaking of a letter...
A Pacific group representing regional non-government and community organizations has called on Pacific Island Forum governments to support French Polynesia President Oscar Temaru's recent public comments...
Te Ao Maohi (French Polynesia) President Oscar Temaru for Pacific called youths to include the right of the peoples to self-determination in their meeting agenda and decries as foul the exclusion of the...
The political stand-off in French Polynesia has prompted a government assembly member to cancel her planned attendance at this week’s Pacific conference on women representation...
In his speech, he rejected recent opposition manoeuvres to bring down the government formed last year and also criticised the government’s push for independence against the wishes of the majority...
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