France's new Prime Minister announced on Tuesday that the provincial election in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia has been postponed for a year. This decision comes amidst escalating tensions between white settler communities and pro-independence Kanak people in the region.
The postponement of the election, originally scheduled for December, was accompanied by the rejection of a controversial bill proposed by President Emmanuel Macron to amend the constitution regarding voting lists in New Caledonia. The Indigenous Kanak people expressed concerns that changes to the voting registry would disadvantage them in favor of recent arrivals to the archipelago.
