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		Elections for the Assembly of French Polynesia, the Territorial Assembly of French Polynesia, were held on May 23, 2004.
		Antony GÃ©ros, the president of the Assembly of French Polynesia (Le prÃ©sident de l'AssemblÃ©e de la PolynÃ©sie franÃ§aise), did not participate in Friday's session, and also described Flosse's election Friday as an "election of the president of the Tahoeraa Huiraatira", which is a reference to Flosse's pro-autonomy and anti-independence party.
		(decision, communiquÃ©, in French language), for the reason that the neutrality of election officials was not observed in one of the communes, which, given the small difference of vote counts, may have altered the electoral results.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=French_Polynesian_legislative_election,_2004 (1025 words)

	Politics of French Polynesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics of French Polynesia takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic French overseas collectivity, whereby the President of French Polynesia is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
		The President of the French Republic is represented by the High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia (Le Haut-Commissaire de la République en Polynésie française).
		The members of the Assembly of French Polynesia are elected in 6 different electoral districts or electoral circumscriptions (French: circonscriptions électorales) which slightly differ from the administrative subdivisions (subdivisions administratives) on the Tuamotus and the Gambier Islands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_French_Polynesia (670 words)

	Elections in French Polynesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		French Polynesia elects the Assembly of French Polynesia (Assemblée de la Polynésie française), the unicameral legislature on the territorial level.
		The Assembly of French Polynesia has 57 members, elected for a five year term by proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies.
		French Polynesia has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elections_in_French_Polynesia (152 words)

	French Polynesia - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		French Polynesia is administered by a French-appointed high commissioner and by an elected assembly that elects a territorial president and a council of ministers.
		France began testing nuclear weapons in some parts of French Polynesia in the 1960s, meeting with widespread local opposition; a series of six tests in 1995-96 was declared by France to be the last.
		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.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-frenchp1o.html (587 words)

	Culture of French Polynesia - History and ethnic relations, Urbanism, architecture, and the use of space
		French Polynesian identity is more Polynesian than French, but many residents are proud of their relationship to French culture and feel a kinship with French-speaking cultures throughout the world.
		The territory's political institutions are the government of French Polynesia, the Assembly of French Polynesia, and the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (CES).
		French Polynesians have a fairly high standard of living that is maintained through the money they receive from French entitlement programs, including the elderly pension/retirement system and the family allocation system.
	www.everyculture.com /Cr-Ga/French-Polynesia.html (3603 words)

	Assembly of French Polynesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Assembly of French Polynesia (French: Assemblée de la Polynésie française) is the unicameral legislature of French Polynesia, located at the Place Tarahoi in Papeete, Tahiti.
		On February 13, 2005, by-elections for the Assembly in the electoral constituency of the Windward Islands (circonscription des Îles du Vent) were held (see also French Polynesian legislative election, 2004, Politics of French Polynesia and List of political parties in French Polynesia).
		The members of the Assembly of French Polynesia are elected in 6 different multi-seat constituencies or electoral districts or electoral circumscriptions (circonscriptions électorales).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Assembly_of_French_Polynesia (390 words)

	Protracted crisis following government ouster in French Polynesia
		French Polynesia has been in the throes of an unprecedented political crisis after the conservative opposition, with the tacit support of the Chirac government in Paris, engineered the ousting of pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru and his coalition government in early October.
		Brigitte Girardin, the French minister in charge of overseas departments and territories, criticised those who hailed the outcome of seeking the “dismemberment of the republic” and promptly warned that the electoral process was “far from over”.
		The French Council of State decided on Monday not only to reject Temaru’s call for a new election, but acceded to Flosse’s motion for the poll to be annulled in the Windward Islands.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2004/nov2004/tahit-n17_prn.shtml (1784 words)

	Pacific Magazine: FRENCH POLYNESIA: Leaders Agree on Principle On Fresh Elections
		French Polynesia’s rival leaders, Gaston Flosse and Oscar Temaru, have on Saturday (Paris time) agreed, on principle, that fresh general elections be held in the French Pacific country.
		Oscar Temaru, who became French Polynesia’s President after general elections held in May this year, was ousted in a motion of no confidence on October 9, after one of his coalition MPs crossed the floor.
		Flosse, French Polynesia’s long-time ruler who was returned to power on October 23, says the fresh poll cannot take before by-election are held in the Windward group.
	www.pacificislands.cc /pina/pinadefault2.php?urlpinaid=13577 (479 words)

	fuckfrance.com - France partially annuls election results in Polynesia (918241) - Read article:
		The government in Paris was said to be considering the possibility of calling new elections for the whole of French Polynesia in a bid to secure a clear majority in the territorial assembly.
		French Polynesia was referred to in a new autonomy statute as an overseas country of France, as well as a territory.
		French Polynesia is New Zealand's second-largest market in the Pacific and Temaru wants more New Zealanders spending their tourist dollars there.
	www.fuckfrance.com /read.html?postid=918241 (1794 words)

	French Polynesia — FactMonster.com
		French Polynesia: History, Geography, Government, and Culture - Information on French Polynesia — geography, history, politics, government, economy, population statistics, culture, religion, languages, largest cities.
		French Overseas Territories - French Polynesia New Caledonia and Dependencies Southern and Antarctic Lands Wallis and Futuna...
		Atuona - Atuona or Atuana, town, in the Marquesas Islands, South Pacific, in French Polynesia.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0819665.html (510 words)

	A short history of French Polynesia
		From 1595 Spanish and English discoverers explore the are that is now French Polynesia.
		French Oceania becomes a overseas territory in 1946 and recieves internal self-government in 1956.
		In 2004 French Polynesia is granted more autonomy and the status is changed into a French overseas country.
	www.electionworld.org /history/frenchpolynesia.htm (179 words)

	French Polynesia - Country information - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
		The French Government is represented in French Polynesia by a High Commissioner, currently responsible for police and justice, monetary policy, tertiary education, immigration, and defence and foreign affairs.
		French Polynesia is a parliamentary democracy, with a 57-seat Assembly and an executive headed by a president elected by a simple majority vote within the assembly.
		French Polynesia was granted Observer status to the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in 2004 and in 2006 attended the PIF for the first time as an Associate Member.
	www.dfat.gov.au /geo/french_polynesia/polynesia_brief.html (2353 words)

	Polynesia In Review: Issues and Events: French Polynesia - 1 July 2004 - 30 June, 2005
		Events in French Polynesia in the period under review were essentially characterized by political upheaval and unrest, with an elected government ousted in a "legal coup," only to return after another by-election.
		According to the Statute of French Polynesia, a government overthrown in a motion of censure remains in power as a caretaker administration until the assembly elects a new president.
		As French Polynesia is one of the least traditional societies in the Pacific, such a proposal is unlikely to find support among the country's population.
	archives.pireport.org /archive/2006/February/02-01-tcp-fp.htm (4412 words)

	Elections in French Polynesia
		An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office.
		It is the mechanism by which a democracy fills elective offices in the legislature, and sometimes the executive and judiciary, and in which electorates choose local government officials.
		The Assembly of French Polynesia (''Assemblée de la Polynésie française'') has 57 members, elected for a five year term by proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies.
	www.datamass.net /el/elections-in-french-polynesia.html (220 words)

	Tahiti: French government calls on parties to meet : Melbourne Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Both delegations came back to French Polynesia saying they were satisfied with the series of meetings they had held with their respective allies (the opposition French Socialists in the case of Temaru’s UPLD and the ruling UMP party in the case of Flosse’s Tahoeraa Huiraatira).
		The French government’s announcement also comes as the Pacific islands forum secretariat has confirmed on Monday it was sending an envoy to French Polynesia in order to possibly mediate into a power-struggle that has crippled local institutions for the past two months.
		Temaru, speaking from the French Polynesia presidency that he refuses to surrender to Flosse, called for Tahiti’s population to remain calm while waiting for dissolution of Tahiti’s parliament, which, he said, should occur "very soon".
	melbourne.indymedia.org /news/2004/11/83019.php (2928 words)

	Temaru triumphs in French Polynesia elections , French News, France, Expatica
		Temaru was elected the first pro-independence president of French Polynesia in May 2004, ousting the veteran Flosse, but was defeated in a subsequent vote of no confidence.
		The 60-year-old Temaru is mayor of Faaa, the biggest city in French Polynesia.
		Both sides agreed last November that new elections should be held throughout the territory, but that the by-elections on Tahiti and Moorea should be held first.
	www.expatica.com /actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=58&story_id=16893 (560 words)

	French Polynesia : In Depth \| Frommers.com
		French Polynesia sprawls over an area of 2 million square miles in the eastern South Pacific.
		Local voters cast ballots in French presidential elections and choose two elected deputies and a senator to the French parliament in Paris (they will pick a second senator beginning in 2007).
		The territory would be bankrupt were it not for billions of francs poured in by the French government in Paris.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/frenchpolynesia/3007010012.html (1097 words)

	Pacific Magazine: FRENCH POLYNESIA: France's State Council Favours By-elections
		Mitjavile told French media she believed there had been “serious irregularities” during general elections in French Polynesia, on May 23 this year, especially in the small town of Mahina, in the Windward islands group (French Polynesia’s most populated because it include the main islands of Tahiti and Moorea).
		She told the Council’s public hearing that her investigations shows evidence that on general election day (May 23), many polling stations in Mahina were still decorated with light blue and white colours (the colour of Temaru’s pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party), “even the curtains of the polling booths”.
		The Windward Islands group is crucial in French Polynesia, as it represents 37 of the 57 seats in the local assembly.
	www.pacificmagazine.net /pina/pinadefault2.php?urlpinaid=13380 (711 words)

	Power struggle in Tahiti (something big to happen in France's Pacific territory?)
		Flosse has pushed for the annulment of the results of the election in Tahiti and Moorea, which he lost, while Temaru's party is calling for the dissolution of the territorial assembly and fresh elections across the whole of French Polynesia.
		Flosse, 73, had ruled French Polynesia for all but four of the past 20 years since the territory was granted autonomy by France in 1984.
		Flosse claimed that the June 3 election of the assembly's leadership was rigged and a decision to set June 10 for the presidential vote was illegal.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1274916/posts (1752 words)

	French Polynesia. The World Factbook. 2003
		The French annexed various Polynesian island groups during the 19th century.
		Since 1962, when France stationed military personnel in the region, French Polynesia has changed from a subsistence agricultural economy to one in which a high proportion of the work force is either employed by the military or supports the tourist industry.
		With the halt of French nuclear testing in 1996, the military contribution to the economy fell sharply.
	www.bartleby.com /151/fp.html (818 words)

	The Militant - March 28, 2005 -- Independence leader elected president again in French Polynesia, a colony of Paris in ...
		His election by the local Territorial Assembly follows the victory of his six-party Union for Democracy (UPLD) coalition in by-elections there February 13 and caps months of political instability and protests by working people in the Pacific island territory.
		French Polynesia, along with New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna, is one of three colonies in the Pacific ruled by Paris.
		This agreement, signed in 1998 between the French government and pro-independence forces in New Caledonia, called for a gradual transfer of power from Paris to local authorities, with a referendum on independence to be held in 15 to 20 years.
	www.themilitant.com /2005/6912/691211.html (882 words)

	LLRX.com - Researching French Law
		The French Republic (la République Française) is ruled by the Constitution of the Fifth Republic (October 4th, 1958).
		At the top of the judiciary courts (concerning civil, trade, labor and criminal laws) there is a Supreme Court of Appeals or Cour de Cassation: 80 judges are appointed by the President of the Republic from nominations of the High Council of the Judiciary.
		French legislation is officially published (paper) in the Journal officiel (official gazette) and in several official bulletins.
	www.llrx.com /features/french.htm (1724 words)

	Government Of French Polynesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		If you would like to use this flag of French Polynesia or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
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		If you would like to use this information for French Polynesia or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
	www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/french_polynesia_country_government.shtml (461 words)

	Green Left - PACIFIC: Defeat for colonialists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Flosse tried to legally challenge the elections, but his request was rejected by France’s council of states within one day, after the Temaru-friendly French Socialist Party objected to the government’s “turn off the taps” threat.
		But unlike French Polynesia, where pro-independence and pro-autonomy forces took power, the crisis in New Caledonia has been caused by a split in the ruling party.
		French Socialist Party secretary general Francois Hollande linked the election results in French Polynesia and New Caledonia to the April French elections, where all but one of metropolitan France’s regions shifted to the left.
	www.greenleft.org.au /2004/586/32326 (798 words)

	Radio Australia - News - Paris awaits decision on French Polynesia leadership standoff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The French government says it wont take any action regarding the current political crisis in French Polynesia, until the French State council rules on claims by rival leaders, Gaston Flosse, and Oscar Temaru.
		The French Minister for Overseas Territories, Brigitte Girardin, says the government is waiting for France's highest administrative body to rule on the legitimacy of elections held in French Polynesia in May.
		Ms Girardin says the government will submit a proposal to the French president to dissolve French Polynesia's legislative assembly, only after the State council issues a ruling, and if there is a blockade of institutions.
	www.radioaustralia.net.au /news/stories/s1234046.htm (270 words)

	U.S. Intelligence and the French Nuclear Weapons Program
		The report's objective was to assess French capability to produce fissionable material (both highly enriched uranium and plutonium); to develop, test, and produce nuclear weapons; and to estimate the likely timing of the first test.
		This study was written to evaluate the "probable nature, effectiveness, and timing of the various French nuclear weapons delivery systems." It examines the characteristics and capabilities of the Mirage IV supersonic bomber, the planned ballistic missile submarine, and the land-based intermediate range ballistic missile system.
		This lightly-redacted, brief study, was produced in the wake of protests that claimed that French testing in the Pacific had resulted in Mururoa Atoll breaking apart and leaking large amounts of radioactive debris into the environment.
	www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB184/index.htm (3468 words)

	French Polynesia’s Temaru wins crucial backing, French News, France, Expatica
		PAPEETE, Feb 15 (AFP) - French Polynesia's pro-independence grouping Union for Democracy (UPLD) received a boost when a newly elected deputy of another party joined it, but the pro-France camp said it had no intention of recognising defeat.
		Temaru, whose party swept to victory in Sunday's by-elections in two islands, said he was optimistic over the possibility of getting an absolute majority of 29 seats, noting that he was in contact with another ADN deputy.
		The by-elections were called after France's state council - the highest administrative court - last year annulled the results of May 2004 elections in Tahiti and Moorea, citing irregularities in some polling stations.
	www.expatica.com /source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=58&story_id=16929&name=French+Polynesia%92s+Temaru+wins+crucial+backing (338 words)

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