AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoElection Clampdown: New Caledonia’s French High Commission has banned alcohol sales and consumption until 28 June, citing election-related unrest risks and recent targeting of police and gendarmes. Voting Logistics: France is defending the move to fewer, more centralised polling sites for the 28 June provincial elections, saying turnout rose when centres were consolidated; Nouméa will run nine centres (up from eight). Transport Access: Greater Nouméa’s bus service will run on election day, after complaints that Sunday service gaps and polling-site cuts could block voters without cars. Campaign Pressure: With provincial elections on 28 June, parties are ramping up across posters and social media, while local residents in working-class areas say reduced polling access and limited transport make voting harder. Regional Politics: A UN Decolonisation Committee session heard renewed calls for action on New Caledonia, with petitioners urging benchmarks and warning the poll shouldn’t “normalize” an unresolved colonial situation.
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