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| | Oscar Temaru - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Oscar Temaru (born November 1, 1944, at Faa'a on the island of Tahiti) is a politician in French Polynesia, the current president of that country. | | | He was the President of that country from June 15, 2004, until his Government lost a censure motion on October 8, 2004. | | | The President of the Assembly, Antony Géros, cast doubt on the legitimacy of this election saying the vote for President should occur on October 25. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Temaru
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| | French Polynesian legislative election, 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Assembly President, Antony Géros, from Oscar Temaru's coalition government, insisted that the parliament should meet on October 25 to elect a new government president. | | | In a surprise result Oscar Temaru 's pro-independence progressive coalition forms Government with a one seat majority in the 57 seat parliament, defeating the conservative parties led by Gaston Flosse. | | | Gaston Flosse was re-elected by a one-vote majority and sworn in immediately during a parliamentary session boycotted by caretaker President Oscar Temaru. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Polynesia_political_crisis_2004
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| | FR POLYNESIA: President Flosse takes battle to Paris : Melbourne Indymedia |
| | Temaru, who was elected President after general elections in May this year, only to be toppled by a motion of no confidence four months later, is also sending this weekend a delegation to metropolitan France, where their plights has gained significant support from the French parliamentary opposition. | | | Temaru, through one of his former ministers, Nicole Bouteau, is asking the French government to dissolve the legislative assembly and call for fresh elections. | | | Pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru is refusing to budge from the Presidential palace despite being ousted from his position recently in a vote of no confidence. |
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http://melbourne.indymedia.org/print.php?id=82322
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| | Gaston Flosse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | However, shortly afterward, his party lost parliamentary elections, and on June 15 he left office when parliament elected the pro-independence leader, Oscar Temaru to the presidency. | | | On February 18, 2005, Flosse lost the presidency again in a parliamentary confidence vote, and on March 3, 2005, Temaru was elected president and Flosse left office. | | | On October 8, 2004, his party put new president Oscar Temaru in minority. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_Flosse
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| | fuckfrance.com - Tahiti, democracy does not work in the french empire. (931144) - Read article: |
| | Oscar Temaru was elected President of Tahiti by popular vote in may 2004 but he stand for the independance of Tahiti. | | | Temaru also announced that in order for him to leave Tahiti “with a clear mind”, he was asking his supporters to halt all blockades and occupations of government offices on four islands. | | | While Temaru’s delegation seeks dissolution of the 57-seat French Polynesia Assembly and new elections to replace those of May 23, Flosse’s delegation seeks new elections only in the Windward Islands for the archipelago’s 37 seats. |
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http://www.fuckfrance.com/read.html?postid=931144&replies=9
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| | Protracted crisis following government ouster in French Polynesia |
| | Temaru’s Union for Democracy alliance refused to recognise the installation of longtime Chirac ally Gaston Flosse as president and has held a series of protests to demand fresh elections throughout the French territory to settle the issue. | | | Temaru and Geros, who boycotted the session, refused to recognise the vote, describing it as nothing more than election for “the president of the Taheraa Huiraatira” (Flosse’s party). | | | In the wake of Temaru’s ousting, the French government dismissed his appeals for fresh elections and openly backed efforts to install Flosse as the territory’s president. |
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http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/nov2004/tahit-n17.shtml
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| | Power struggle in Tahiti (something big to happen in France's Pacific territory?) |
| | Temaru's supporters want new elections and Flosse is asking for election results to be set aside only in the Windward Islands (Tahiti and Moorea) where his party suffered a surprise defeat in the May elections. | | | The territorial assembly voted in Temaru as President in early June. | | | Temaru's supporters want new elections and Flosse is asking for election results to be set aside only in the Windward Islands (Tahiti and Moorea) where his party suffered a surprise defeat in the May elections |
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1274916/posts
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| | :: avaiki nius: 14.06.04 |
| | In his inaugural address, Temaru said his election was âhistoricâ because it translated a âclear will for changeâ. | | | French Polynesia: freedom fighter oscar temaru elected president tahiti | | | This cabinet is to consist of âa maximum of ten ministers and probably lessâ, Temaru told a press conference last week. |
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http://avaikinews.blogspot.com/2004_06_14_avaikinews_archive.html
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| | fuckfrance.com - France partially annuls election results in Polynesia (918241) - Read article: |
| | Temaru's officials say they have 40,000 signatures - about a third of eligible voters - on a petition calling for dissolution of the territorial assembly and new elections. | | | Tahitian-born Temaru, 60, is a battler whose popular appeal grew locally as Mayor of Faaa since 1983, and nationally though anti-nuclear protests over the French testing at Mururoa Atoll in the mid-1990s. | | | Four months later Flosse regained enough support to bring Temaru down in two votes of no confidence and was re-elected as President. |
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http://www.fuckfrance.com/read.html?postid=918241&replies=11
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| | Ousted president pursues French Polynesia elections (political chaos in French Pacific territory) |
| | Pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru lost a censure vote in the group of 118 Central Pacific islands' parliament on October 9 and the assembly elected Gaston Flosse, a close Chirac ally, as the new head of government last Friday. | | | Mr Temaru and his cabinet are refusing to vacate the presidential office and want the French government to dissolve the Polynesian assembly and call fresh elections. | | | Mr Temaru was ousted in a vote of no-confidence on October 9, after some of his coalition parliamentarians switched to the opposition. |
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1262363/posts
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| | In Tahiti, they proclaim, No Boom Boom Here |
| | Temaru, for instance, is actually a French civil servant, as is his deputy mayor and most of the party leadership. | | | "Oscar got 35 percent of the vote in the last election, but he has only four seats in the government," Ortas says. | | | Because of a system that assigns seats on a basis of geography rather than population, one vote in an outlying area can be worth three or four votes in Tahiti, which is Temaru's area of strength. |
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http://www.gluckman.com/TahitiNuke2.html
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| | United Press International: Controversial Flosse wins Tahiti elections |
| | Temaru's supporters in the Assembly boycotted the vote, leaving Flosse with the 29 of 57 votes that he needed to win. | | | Flosse's win on Friday came after he failed to secure the two-thirds majority required to elect a new president in a hastily convened Assembly opposition vote on October 19. | | | In a bid to recover the office, Flosse's Popular Union party secured a no-confidence vote in the Territorial Assembly on Oct. 9, igniting popular demands for dissolution of the Assembly and calls for new territory-wide elections on behalf of Temaru. |
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http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20041023-034330-6940r
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| | Pro-independence parties topple government following Tahiti by-election |
| | Temaru promised that his government’s aims would be “reunification” and, in view of territory’s current economic situation, voters “must not return to the ballot boxes before four years”. | | | The by-election result was a decisive rebuff to the colonial authorities in Paris and to Flosse who was determined to maintain his grip on power after 20 years in office. | | | After his success in the May elections, he declared that discussions on independence were at least 15 years away, and required satisfactory progress towards economic independence from France. |
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http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/mar2005/tahi-m08_prn.shtml
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| | BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific French Polynesia crisis mounts |
| | Mr Temaru, who has served less than four months of his term, was the first pro-independence leader to be elected in French Polynesia. | | | Mr Temaru, who favours independence from France, was replaced by the conservative leader who served before him, in a parliamentary vote on Friday. | | | Parliament first approved a censure vote on 9 October, and that paved the way for a vote in which Mr Temaru was removed. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3954091.stm
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| | TAHITI: Taui at the crossroads |
| | While the former is represented by Gaston Flosse, French Polynesia’s current president, the latter is championed by Oscar Temaru, long-term leader of the country’s independence movement, who was elected president in last year’s general elections. | | | Based on this election system, the stakes are particularly high in the upcoming election: If the People’s Rally party leads even by one single vote, it will obtain not a two-thirds majority in the assembly, given that it already holds a majority of 17, from 20 of the members from the outer islands. | | | In 1983, Temaru became mayor of Faa’a, a position he holds to this day. |
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http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/614/614p16.htm
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| | Temaru wins in French Polynesia WORLD NEWS tvnz.co.nz |
| | The assembly elected Flosse as the new head of government but Temaru and his supporters refused to accept his appointment. | | | But Temaru fell from power when he lost a censure vote in parliament on October 9. | | | we have to work together," Temaru said after the vote. |
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http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_world_story_skin/473995?format=html
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| | French council rules no confident motion against Temaru was valid |
| | Mr Temaru, who became French Polynesia's President in June this year after his Union for Democracy coalition secured a narrow majority, was removed in a no confidence motion on 09 October. | | | France's highest administrative tribunal, the State Council, has ruled that a motion of no confidence that toppled French Polynesia's President Oscar Temaru two weeks ago was valid. | | | Mr Géros had boycotted the meeting and is convening another Assembly session today to elect a president. |
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http://www.hellopacific.com/news/general/news/2004/10/25/25reg06.html
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| | French Polynesia on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Elections in May, 2004, brought a coalition of independents and pro-independence legislators to power, and Oscar Temaru, of the pro-independence Union for Democracy, became territorial president. | | | Temaru returns to presidency of French Polynesia after assembly vote | | | France granted the territory greater autonomy in most local affairs and regional relations but retained control of law enforcement, defense, and the money supply. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/F/FrenchP1o.asp
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| | French Polynesia - Country information - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| | On 15 February 2005, Temaru moved a vote of no confidence against Flosse, who had been running the government since October 2004. | | | Within a few days, Temaru gained the support of a former Plural Majority member (from the Fetia Api party) to give him the lead with 28 seats, to Flosse’s 27 and ADN’s 2. | | | The Head of Government is Oscar Temaru, President of French Polynesia |
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http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/french_polynesia/polynesia_brief.html
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| | Café Pacific: Asia-Pacific Network: Tahiti |
| | Tahitian pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has been re-elected as head of the party, but has left open the issue of contesting the territory's presidential elections. | | | The annual congress of the Tavini Huiraatira independence movement took place on June 29-30 in the city of Mataiea, in Tahiti. | | | In the past, the Tavini Huiraatira has asked voters not to participate in national elections. |
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http://www.asiapac.org.fj/cafepacific/resources/aspac/tahitioscar.html
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| | The Agonist Former NZ freezing worker becomes French Polynesia's president |
| | She believed Mr Temaru would usher in a new era for French Polynesia and its relationship with the Pacific Islands Forum, to which it applied for observer status in 1999. | | | At last count, Mr Temaru, leader of the Tavini Huiraatira Party, had formed a coalition with 30 seats in the 57-member Assembly. | | | Elections were held three weeks ago and legal action by Mr Flosse to have the elections nullified were unsuccessful. |
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http://scoop.agonist.org/story/2004/6/15/0533/01065
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| | TAHITI: Poll strengthens independence movement |
| | In the May general election last year, Temaru was elected president in a major upset for Paris and Flosse. | | | Complaining about coloured curtains in polling booths, Flosse was also able to convince Tahiti’s courts to nullify the May election results in Tahiti’s biggest electorate, the Windward Islands, which elects 37 of Tahiti’s 57 parliament seats. | | | However, the no confidence motion was passed with the votes of all 30 assembly members present, who were all ADN and UPLD parliamentarians. |
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http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/616/616p21b.htm
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| | Radio Australia - News - Uncertainty continues in French Polynesia after inconclusive elections |
| | Combined with existing seats, the Assembly is split with 27 seats for Mr Temaru's Union for Democracy and 27 seats for Mr Flosse's Tahoeraa party. | | | The results of French Polynesia's partial elections have shown a surge of support for Oscar Temaru's Union for Democracy, but not enough to gain a majority in the territory's Assembly. | | | His party won 25 of 37 seats in Monday's by-election but has failed to gain a majority in parliament. |
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http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/s1303412.htm
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| | Dar Al Hayat |
| | In May, Temaru was elected with 30 votes from the assembly, which chooses the president. | | | Marchers called for new parliamentary elections after the 57-seat Assembly of French Polynesia voted a censure motion on Oct. 9 by a one-vote margin after Temaru's backers had walked out in protest. | | | All 27 members of Flosse's conservative Tahoeraa Huiraatira party boycotted that vote. |
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http://english.daralhayat.com/world_news/10-2004/Article-20041017-a78cb77a-c0a8-01ed-002c-13d74660be03/story.html
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| | Oscar Temaru said he had come to Moruroa to deliver a last message to President Chirace from all the children of Tureia, the atoll closest to Moruroa. | | | Congressman Faleomavaega, Oscar Temaru, (the leader of the major opposition party in Tahiti, Tavini Huiraatira) and Mr Maamaatua, (the president of the youth section of Tavini Huiraatira), joined the Rainbow Warrior this morning. | | | Off Moruroa atoll, August 31:- A ranking United States Democrat Congressman, Eni Faleomavaega and two leading Tahitian activists, Oscar Temaru and Vito Maamaatua, today joined Greenpeace's protest against French nuclear testing at Moruroa. |
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http://archive.greenpeace.org/comms/rw/aug31.html
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| | Temaru and East-West Center conference |
| | Temaru joined other dignitaries of the region, including chairman HRH Prince âUlukalala Lavaka Ata, prime minister of Tonga; the Honorable Jim Marurai, prime minister of the Cook Islands; His Excellency Kessai H. Note, president of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Honorable Sir Allan Kemakeza, prime minister of the Solomon Islands. | | | about the conference of Pacific Island leaders at the East-West Center attended by Tahitian president and independence leader Oscar Temaru, but not attended by Native Hawaiian leaders or the press. | | | The veteran independence activist has been at the center of drama and turmoil in a cliff-hanging 10-month sequence of events that saw him elected, only to lose his office and then regain it in a new election. |
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http://www.hawaiiankingdom.info/C1126750129/E1153999998
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| | FLOSSE SEEKS MEETING WITH TEMARU IN TAHITI - November 5, 2004 |
| | Flosse also said that his opponents recently joined the appeal filed by Flosse’s party with the Council of State in Paris requesting that the May 23 election results in the Windward Islands be canceled. | | | Let’s wait for the court’s decision since on the question of elections he (Temaru) has also filed an appeal." | | | Let’s wait for the results of these appeals, the courts’ decision. |
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http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2004/November/11-05-02.htm
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| | Radio Australia Tok Pisin: Gaston Flosse i kisim Oscar Temaru igo kot. |
| | Mr Flosse i sutim tok long Mr Temaru blong kisim nating wok blong president na blong usim nating ol gaman bildings. | | | President blong French Polynesia, Gaston Flosse, i givim petitin long kisim olpela president Oscar Temaru, igo long kot. | | | Stat long taim ol i makim ken Gaston Flosse long President blong French Polynesia las wik-end, Mr Temaru i stap iet long wanpela 'hunger strike' wantaim ol sapota blongen na blokim bilding blong President. |
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| | BrothersJudd Blog: BET MR. TEMARU GETS INVITED TO CRAWFORD BEFORE CHIRAC: |
| | The new head of state, Oscar Temaru, replaced a long-time political ally of President Jacques Chirac as president. | | | Posted by: Harry Eagar at June 16, 2004 07:47 PM | | | The new man favours independence for the South Pacific archipelago, also known by the name of its main island, Tahiti. |
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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- French Polynesia |
| | head of government: President of the Territorial Government of French Polynesia Oscar TEMARU (since 3 March 2005); President of the Territorial Assembly Antony GEROS (since 9 May 2004) |
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http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/fp.html
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| | Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific |
| | The protests erupted following the ousting of President Oscar Temaru by Gaston Flosse in a vote of no confidence. | | | Paris favors Flosse and the French court has recognised his presidency as legitimate. | | | Flosse and Temaru are currently in Paris meeting with the French government. |
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http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/nov2004/labo-n13.shtml
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| | Nomoa.com :: FRENCH POLYNESIA |
| | Oscar Temaru was born on the west coast of Tahiti, in Faa'a district on November 1, 1944, and got a staunch catholic education as a child. | | | TAHITI (Tahitipresse) --- Oscar Temaru, champion of the independence cause is now French Polynesia's President after 27 years of political fights in the Opposition. | | | A former customs officer, Oscar Temaru got into politics and in 1977 set up the Tavini Huiraatira, an independence party. |
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http://www.nomoa.com/index.php/news/FRENCH_POLYNESIA?theme=ants_connections
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| | Tahiti & French Polynesia History Lonely Planet World Guide |
| | There is a considerable groundswell of support for independence from France, but despite the surprise election in June 2004 of a new pro-independence president, Oscar Temaru, the timeline for separation from France stretches into the medium-long term. | | | After more than 150 separate tests of up to 200 kilotons (10 times more powerful than the bomb which levelled Hiroshima) the dust has once again settled around the atolls of Moruroa and Fangataufa, though the longer-term effects remain to be seen. |
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http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/pacific/tahiti_and_french_polynesia/history.htm
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| | Radio Australia - News - French Polynesia's Oscar Temaru confident of securing majority |
| | French Polynesia's pro-independence leader, Oscar Temaru, is confident of avoiding another political deadlock in the territory. | | | French Polynesia's Oscar Temaru confident of securing majority | | | Mr Temaru's party emerged from the weekend by-elections with a total of 27 seats, the same number as long time pro-French ruler, Gaston Flosse's party. |
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http://radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/s1304456.htm
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| | BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific New president in French Polynesia |
| | His appointment brings an end to 20 years of political domination by Gaston Flosse, a friend and ally of French President Jacques Chirac. | | | France's highest administrative court was called in to arbitrate. | | | Oscar Temaru is the head of the pro-independence movement |
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| | active wollongong - webcast news |
| | That march was held a week after one of Temaru’s Assembly members switched political sides and voted for a no confidence motion submitted by Gaston Flosse, who returned to power as French Polynesia president, ending the Temaru-led majority coalition’s four months in power. | | | Temaru told his coalition supporters, “Lots of things have changed since” his trip to Paris last November with other political party leaders from Tahiti to meet with French Overseas Minister Brigitte Girardin. | | | As has been the tradition with Temaru political marches for the past many years, Saturday’s marchers arrived in downtown Papeete from both sides of the circle island road—from Temaru’s Commune of Faa’a, where he is mayor, and from the Commune of Arue. |
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http://www.active.org.au/wollongong/news/front.php3?article_id=365
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| | TAHITI: Pro-independence party does well |
| | Temaru's election is a big boost for the independence movement, said Thea Hershon, deputy president of Temaru's Tavini Huiraatira party. | | | Tahiti's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru was re-elected mayor of the working-class city of Faa'a, near Tahiti's international airport, with an overwhelming majority in the municipal election held March 10-11. | | | In other results, the incumbent mayor of Papeete did not win during the first-round of the election and must now run again during the second round on March 18. |
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http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2001/441/441p23c.htm
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| | Activist Temaru will demonstrate at President Chirac's visit |
| | Well-known Tahitian activist and pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru and members of his Tavini Huiraatira party have warned they will stage a "peaceful demonstration" when French President Jacques Chirac visits the French Pacific territory late July, the territorial agency Tahitipresse reports. | | | Temaru also explained his party's intention by Chirac's decision, back in 1995, to resume French nuclear tests in the atolls of Moruroa and Fangataufa. | | | Activist Temaru will demonstrate at President Chirac's visit |
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http://www.hellopacific.com/news/general/news/2003/05/21/n.html
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| | The Head Heeb: Temaru weighs in |
| | But besides a basic “more of the same” platform, the UPLD coalition press conference held Wednesday in the Commune of Faa’a where Temaru is mayor specifically addressed the undecided voters on Tahiti and its sister island of Moorea. | | | Temaru, 60, said Wednesday there are many things needing re-examination after the “30 years of governing” by Flosse, 73. | | | More recent polls indicate that the number of undecided voters has shrunk to about 30 percent, with Flosse's Tahoeraa polling at 28.3 percent as compared to 23.8 percent for the UPLD and 19.3 percent for the Alliance for a New Democracy (whose leader, Nicole Bouteau, is the most popular politician in the country). |
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| | ABC News: French Polynesia Leader Voted Out |
| | Flosse's party, which holds 27 seats, boycotted the vote. | | | Flosse, who is close to French President Jacques Chirac, has held the presidency for 19 of the past 22 years and less than a year ago, he was the archipelago's uncontested and unrivaled leader. | | | Temaru's coalition, known as the Union for Democracy, won 25 of the 37 seats up for grabs in a partial legislative election last weekend but fell short of winning an overall majority. |
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http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=515549
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| | MyUSTINET News: Ex French Polynesia Prez On Hunger Strike |
| | Parliament approved a censure vote against Temaru Oct. 9 that paved the way to Friday's vote to remove him. | | | Temaru has accused France of politically maneuvering his replacement by conservative leader Gaston Flosse in a Parliamentary vote, the BBC reported Tuesday. | | | Temaru said he and two dozen supporters would continue their hunger strike until "justice is returned to the people. |
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| | BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific New leader for French Polynesia |
| | A politician who favours independence has become president of the Pacific territory of French Polynesia. | | | Mr Flosse alleged that May's elections were fraudulent, and all the Tahoeraa Huiraatira members boycotted the presidential vote. | | | Mr Temaru said he would hold firm to his ideal of independence from France, but added it might be 20 years before the conditions were right. |
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| | Temaru coalition blocks land affairs office |
| | Pomare has close ties with Emile Vernaudon, the mayor of Mahina and the minister of development of the archipelagoes in the Temaru government. | | | The head of the DAF had the closed offices officially noted by a court-appointed bailiff and then invited the DAF employees to return home. | | | Gilles Tefaatau, minister of planning and urbanism, in charge of land affairs and housing policy under the former Oscar Temaru government, was one of two Temaru supporters who locked themselves inside Tahiti's Land Affairs Management Office on Oct. 27, calling for the dissolution of Tahiti's parliament.- Photo: JB CALVAS - Tahitipresse |
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| | TAHITI: Defend the Temaru's presidency - 15th Europe Pacific Solidarity seminar : Melbourne Indymedia |
| | Since he took power on 14th June, Oscar Temaru's government had started the political renewal of French Polynesia towards more social justice and democratic consultation. | | | TAHITI: Defend the Temaru's presidency - 15th Europe Pacific Solidarity seminar | | | The corrupt and mafioso system of Gaston Flosse is going to be put back into the saddle in order to cover more than 20 years of wasting public funds and of corruption of elected people. |
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| | IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN |
| | Also, Greenpeace had asked antitest notables to sail with them, and among the people detained by the French were Eni Faleomavaega, American Samoa's delegate to the U.S. Congress; Oscar Temaru, the head of the French Polynesian independence movement, and Jacques Gaillot, a Roman Catholic bishop. | | | The victory came in part because the seizures were reported by the journalists that the organization had invited on board. | | | The daring of the Greenpeace fleet also arguably led to a financial revival of the organization, as donations and the sales of Greenpeace logo items soared. |
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| | October 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Somalia 's new president, requests 20,000 African Union troops to help secure the country. | | | Political Crisis in French Polynesia continues with the fall of the government of Oscar Temaru and doubts cast on the legitimacy of the re-election of Gaston Flosse as President of French Polynesia. | | | Israeli-Palestinian Conflict : In Khan Yunis, located in the Gaza Strip, two Palestinian militants are killed and a third wounded by a missile fired from an Israel Defence Force drone. |
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| | News of Bora Bora and Tahiti ( French Polynésia ) |
| | (Tahitipresse) - (EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an updated version of a previous article) French Polynesia President Oscar Temaru announced a 16-minister government Monday, nearly twice the nine ministers that made up his short-lived government last year. | | | Seven of the ministers announced Monday were part of last year’s Temaru government, which lasted for four months from June to October. | | | Tourism : Tahiti records 6.2% increase in 1st quarter int’l airline passengers - |
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| | Port Vila Presse Online Vanuatu News :: Summit endorses plans on HIV, Nauru |
| | The pro-independence Temaru was elected president in June, ousting the pro-French Gaston Flosse. | | | Oscar Temaru, the new president of French Polynesia, a scattered archipelago with a population of 270,000, said his people had the right to full sovereignty. | | | Tokelau leader Pio Tuia told the summit his tiny territory, a colony of New Zealand, wanted to be self-reliant despite some resistance. |
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