Revolte în Noua Caledonie: Bilanţul morților și al

Un bărbat a murit şi alţi doi au fost răniţi sâmbătă în Noua Caledonie într-un schimb de focuri la o baricadă înălţată de protestatari, informează AFP, citată de Agerpres. Teritoriul francez de peste mări este devastat de proteste și violențe izbucnite de aproape o săptămână, din cauza unei reforme electorale votate la Paris.

Bărbatul ucis este un kaldosh, nume date populaţiei locale de origine europeană.

Astfel, numărul celor care și-au pierdut viața în a şasea zi de revolte în arhipelagul francez din Pacificul de Sud a ajuns la șase, inclusiv doi jandarmi şi trei civili kanak (numele populaţiei autohtone). În afară de aceşti şase morţi, au fost înregistraţi sute de răniţi, potrivit autorităţilor.

În Noua Caledonie se află și trei români, iar Consulatul General al României la Paris ţine legătura cu ei şi este pregătit să intervină dacă este nevoie, a anunțat MAE, vineri seară, 17 mai.

Remains of the docks destroyed during the fires started by rioters in the Pont des Francais area, Mont Dore, New Caledonia, May 18, 2024. One more person was killed Saturday and two injured in France’s Pacific territory of New Caledonia as security personnel tried to restore order after a fifth night of riots and looting that has now claimed six lives. For almost a week, the usually unhurried oceanside city has been convulsed. Two gendarmes have been killed: one shot in the head and a second shot in friendly fire, officials said. Three other people, all Indigenous Kanaks, have also been killed: a 17-year-old and two men aged 20 and 36. The unrest has been blamed on economic malaise, social tensions and, above all, a political fight between mostly Indigenous pro-independence activists and Paris authorities.,Image: 874088466, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no
Saturday, May 18, 2024 – Dumbea – The remains of burnt carcasses obstruct the traffic of Koutio’s citizens. One more person was killed Saturday and two injured in France’s Pacific territory of New Caledonia as security personnel tried to restore order after a fifth night of riots and looting that has now claimed six lives. For almost a week, the usually unhurried oceanside city has been convulsed. Two gendarmes have been killed: one shot in the head and a second shot in friendly fire, officials said. Three other people, all Indigenous Kanaks, have also been killed: a 17-year-old and two men aged 20 and 36. The unrest has been blamed on economic malaise, social tensions and, above all, a political fight between mostly Indigenous pro-independence activists and Paris authorities.,Image: 874088615, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no
Aerial view of the Kenu-In shopping center in Dumbea, New Caledonia, May 18, 2024. One more person was killed Saturday and two injured in France’s Pacific territory of New Caledonia as security personnel tried to restore order after a fifth night of riots and looting that has now claimed six lives. For almost a week, the usually unhurried oceanside city has been convulsed. Two gendarmes have been killed: one shot in the head and a second shot in friendly fire, officials said. Three other people, all Indigenous Kanaks, have also been killed: a 17-year-old and two men aged 20 and 36. The unrest has been blamed on economic malaise, social tensions and, above all, a political fight between mostly Indigenous pro-independence activists and Paris authorities.,Image: 874088452, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no
Saturday, May 18, 2024 – Noumea – Road littered with debris after a fifth night of confrontation here at the Magenta roundabout. One more person was killed Saturday and two injured in France’s Pacific territory of New Caledonia as security personnel tried to restore order after a fifth night of riots and looting that has now claimed six lives. For almost a week, the usually unhurried oceanside city has been convulsed. Two gendarmes have been killed: one shot in the head and a second shot in friendly fire, officials said. Three other people, all Indigenous Kanaks, have also been killed: a 17-year-old and two men aged 20 and 36. The unrest has been blamed on economic malaise, social tensions and, above all, a political fight between mostly Indigenous pro-independence activists and Paris authorities.,Image: 874088910, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no

De la ce au pornit revoltele

Aceste violenţe sunt cele mai grave survenite în Noua Caledonie din anii ’80 încoace, pe fondul mişcării de independenţă şi de contestare a unei reforme electorale votate la Paris, care le va permite rezidenţilor francezi care locuiesc în Noua Caledonie de 10 ani să voteze în alegerile provinciale.

Adunarea Naţională a Franţei a adoptat reforma cu 351 voturi pentru şi 153 împotrivă. Textul mai trebuie să primească trei cincimi din voturile deputaţilor şi senatorilor ce se vor reuni în Congres la Versailles „înainte de sfârşitul lui iunie” potrivit preşedintelui Macron. Partizanii independenţei spun că acesta riscă să dilueze şi mai mult votul poporului autohton kanak.

Pe fondul violențelor, guvernul francez a instaurat miercuri, 15 mai, starea de urgenţă în Noua Caledonie.

Pentru Paris, Noua Caledonie este importantă din punct de vedere geopolitic, militar, precum şi datorită zăcămintelor de nichel. Teritoriul, situat la circa 1.200 km est de Australia şi unde trăiesc în jur de 270.000 de locuitori, a obţinut o autonomie extinsă prin Acordul de la Nouméa.

Locuitorii au votat să rămână parte a Franţei în fiecare din cele trei referendumuri pe tema independenţei, în 2018, 2020 şi 2021. Cu toate acestea, mişcarea proindependenţă a boicotat ultimul referendum şi a anunţat că nu îi va accepta rezultatul.

Într-o declaraţie comună, principalele partide pro-independenţă, dar şi loialiste din arhipelag au lansat miercuri un „apel la calm şi raţiune”.