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“Today I want to thank everyone who organized the referendum: mayors, officials, electoral commission, UN observers,” he said. – Voters made a decision. Most of them confirmed the wish for New Caledonia to remain part of France. As head of state, I welcome this gesture of confidence in the republic. “
Macron also said he was “humbly” accepting the results of the referendum because “he heard the voice of those seeking independence.” “I want to tell you that only together with you will we create the future of New Caledonia,” said the French president.
According to the French Ministry of Overseas Territories, New Caledonia’s opponents have 53.26 percent of the total. votes. Voter turnout was 85.64 percent.
In 2018, 56.7 percent voted in New Caledonia in the first referendum against secession from France. its participants.
New Caledonia is an administrative-territorial unit of the French overseas with the special status it received in 1988 under the Matignon Accords. There has been great ethnic tension there for many years, and social and economic difficulties fueled separatist sentiments.
Under an agreement signed in 1998, New Caledonian independence supporters will be able to hold another referendum in 2022.
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