In New Caledonia, after the Bougival agreement, the citizens claim explanations

In the law classes of the University of New Caledonia. the agreement signed in Bougival (Yvelines), July 12, which announces the creation of“A state of New Caledonia” With the subtitle “the bet of confidence”, is debated. Léa Havard. lecturer in public law, who thought it was briefly evoking it, had to devote several entire courses in recent days. “Students asked me lots of questions, much more than usuallynotes the constitutionalist. They need to understand. and if they already have some tools, we imagine that it can be complicated for the population, which does not necessarily have them. »» According to the first analyzes of the teacher. the future status would be “Above the Noumea Agreement [accord de décolonisation de 1998] in terms of autonomy of the territory, but below an associated state ».

Since July 12. on the archipelago, the signing of the Bougival agreement has been felt as a relief, but the expectation of clarification dominates. At the University. Léa Havard insists on the lack of clarification of the text, expected in the special organic law and the fundamental law to come. However, these texts should not be written before consulting the local population on the agreement in February 2026. “There are a lot of double reading elements that will have to be specified. Many things are not written and leave a blur, but it may be voluntary. It was probably these ambiguities that have made it possible to conclude this new caledonia, after bougival agreement, agreement ”she believes.

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