Car dealerships have been set on fire and supermarkets looted in Pacific French territory as protests against changes to the constitution spread
Makeshift blockades on a road Nouméa amid protests against plans to expand the New Caledonia’s voter roll to include more French citizens.Makeshift blockades on a road Nouméa amid protests against plans to expand the New Caledonia’s voter roll to include more French citizens.
“The high commissioner condemns in the strongest possible terms these acts of violence, which constitute serious attacks on people and property,” the, were organised by the pro-independence field action coordination committee , in response to plans by France to expand voter eligibility in local elections to include French nationals who have lived on the island for more than 10 years.
and the sound of gunshots could be heard. One fire was still raging in the Magenta area of the capital on Tuesday morning, the website reported.
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