{"id":710022,"date":"2022-06-21T11:48:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T11:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?p=75431"},"modified":"2022-06-21T11:48:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T11:48:26","slug":"fritch-slams-tahiti-pro-independence-wins-for-paris-as-catastrophic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/06\/21\/fritch-slams-tahiti-pro-independence-wins-for-paris-as-catastrophic\/","title":{"rendered":"Fritch slams Tahiti pro-independence wins for Paris as \u2018catastrophic\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/international\/pacific-news\/\"><em>RNZ Pacific<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>French Polynesia&#8217;s President \u00c9douard Fritch has described the election of three candidates of the pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party to the French National Assembly as &#8220;catastrophic&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>They won all three seats in a run-off against candidates of his ruling Tapura Huiraatira party, which holds two-thirds of all seats in French Polynesia&#8217;s Assembly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \">\n<p>Fritch said French Polynesia was sending people to Paris who would talk about sovereignty, independence, and the United Nations while the territory was near the end of its means.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/6\/19\/macron-coalition-parliamentary-vote\"><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/strong>French election: Macron\u2019s Ensemble loses parliamentary majority <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/2022\/06\/20\/tahiti-pro-independence-candidates-sweep-seats-in-french-national-assembly\/\">Tahiti pro-independence candidates sweep seats in French National Assembly<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?s=French+Pacific+elections\">Other French Pacific elections reports<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>He said French Polynesia was in the middle of an economic crisis, making him wonder how he could work when the three were part of the opposition to President \u00c9mmanuel Macron&#8217;s bloc.<\/p>\n<p>Fritch said Tavini&#8217;s independence plan lacks a roadmap and only offers something nebulous.<\/p>\n<p>He said after the first round of the election, all the opposition forces turned against the Tapura, accusing the unsuccessful candidates of the other parties of hypocrisy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fritch should resign, says Temaru<br \/>\n<\/strong>French Polynesia&#8217;s pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru said after last weekend&#8217;s election defeat of the government candidates that President Fritch should resign.<\/p>\n<p>Temaru&#8217;s Tavini Huiraatira party won French Polynesia&#8217;s three seats in the French National Assembly, defeating the three candidates of the ruling Tapura Huiraatira.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \">\n<figure id=\"attachment_67656\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67656\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-67656 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Oscar-Temaru-TInfos-300wide.png\" alt=\"Mayor of Faa'a Oscar Temaru\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Oscar-Temaru-TInfos-300wide.png 300w, https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Oscar-Temaru-TInfos-300wide-100x70.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru &#8230; calls on territorial President \u00c9douard Fritch to resign. Image: Tinfos 30<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Temaru said in view of this result it would only be fair if he quit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He said the weekend victory was a &#8220;historic moment&#8221; that should resonate beyond French Polynesia and showed that the M\u0101ohi people wanted to be recognised for who they were.<\/p>\n<p>Temaru said, however, that in the current situation French Polynesia had neither the institutions nor the means to solve its problems, but with independence, it would have them.<\/p>\n<p>He said for French President \u00c9mmanuel Macron, the election result in Tahiti would be a &#8220;cold shower&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He also said independence would not be achieved tomorrow but at a time when people wanted it.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article is republished under a community partnership agreement with RNZ.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/2022\/06\/21\/fritch-slams-tahiti-pro-independence-wins-for-paris-as-catastrophic\/\">Asia Pacific Report<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RNZ Pacific French Polynesia\u2019s President \u00c9douard Fritch has described the election of three candidates of the pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party to the French National Assembly as \u201ccatastrophic\u201d. They won all three seats in a run-off against candidates of his ruling Tapura Huiraatira party, which holds two-thirds of all seats in French Polynesia\u2019s Assembly. 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