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(Redirected from Front de Libération Nationale Kanak Socialiste) Political coalition in New Caledonia Not to be confused with Kanak Socialist Liberation.

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Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front Front de libération nationale kanak et socialiste
LeaderVictor Tutugoro
Founded1984 (1984)
HeadquartersNouméa
IdeologySeparatism
Melanesian socialism
Anti-imperialism
Left-wing nationalism
National affiliationDemocratic and Republican Left group
Colours  Red
Seats in the National Assembly1 / 2
Seats in the Congress20 / 54
Seats in the South Province5 / 40
Seats in the North Province18 / 22
Seats in the Loyalty Islands Province8 / 14

The Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (French: Front de libération nationale kanak et socialiste, FLNKS) is a pro-independence alliance of political parties in New Caledonia. It was founded in 1984 at a congress of various political parties. Its supporters are mostly from the Kanak indigenous population but also include supporters from other ethnic communities.

History

It is composed of the Caledonian Union (UC) (a centre-left formerly multi-ethnic party dating back to the early postwar period) on the one hand and the National Union for Independence (UNI) on the other. The UNI includes Melanesian Progressive Union (a political movement based on the island's west coast and mainly around the village of Poya, where its founder, the late Edmond Nekiriai, came from), the Oceanian Democratic Rally (a Polynesian (Wallisian-and-Futunian) based party) and the Party of Kanak Liberation (PALIKA), a more radical party founded by left-leaning students that came back from France after the May 1968 riots. Both the UC and UNI are of approximately equal size, and with varying rhetoric. However, all support the independence of New Caledonia. The party boycotted the 1987 independence referendum.

The party has been divided since the early 1990s between the Caledonian Union and UNI, and, as a result, the two factions often run candidates and lists against each other and neither can agree on a leader of the FLNKS. The coalition only has a spokesperson, Victor Tutugoro.

An attempt to re-unite the party was made on the occasion of the 2007 legislative elections in France, in which both New Caledonian constituencies were up for election. In New Caledonia's 1st constituency, Charles Washetine, a member of UNI-Palika, ran with a Caledonian Union running mate. In New Caledonia's 2nd constituency, the leader of the Caledonian Union, Charles Pidjot, ran with a UNI-Palika running mate. However, both were defeated by the candidates of The Rally-UMP.

The FLNKS ran a common list in the South Province in the 2009 election which obtained 8.82% and 4 seats in the province. In the province during the 2004 elections, the pro-independence faction was divided and did not win any seats.

Presidents

See also

References

  1. Derbyshire, J (2000). Encyclopedia of world political systems. Armonk, N.Y: Sharpe Reference. p. 834. ISBN 9781317471561.
  2. New Caledonia (France), 13 September 1987: Status Direct Democracy (in German)
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