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France suspends New Caledonia voting reform that sparked deadly riots

New Caledonia's president considers the voting reform that sparked weeks of deadly unrest in the capital Noumea is "no longer relevant" since the National Assembly was dissolved on Sunday. AFP - DELPHINE MAYEUR

President Emmanuel Macron says a voting reform that triggered weeks of deadly unrest in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia has been "suspended" in the light of snap parliamentary polls.

"The constitutional project on the electorate in New Caledonia has been suspended," Macron told reporters at at Paris press conference on Wednesday.

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