French Polynesian president refuses to step down

Radio French Polynesian president refuses to step down

French Polynesia’s embattled President, Gaston Flosse, is refusing to step down, despite numerous calls for him to keep his promise to do so.

He has offered to form a government of national unity, pending fresh elections, and a possible all-party round-table that would attempt to find a consensus on the French Pacific territory’s current political deadlock.

Mr Flosse’s announcement came after an executive meeting of his anti-independence Tahoeraa Huiraatira party.

The president says he will not resign, because his party “almost unanimously” asked him to stay in office.
Last week, Mr Flosse promised to step down if his party did badly in the weekend by-elections.

A dozen members of French Polynesia’s assembly, including pro-independence party leader Oscar Temaru, have put forward a vote of no confidence in President Gaston Flosse.

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