{"id":15146,"date":"2024-05-16T01:30:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T20:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigbreakingwire.in\/new-caledonia-macron-declares-state-of-emergency-amid-deadly-riots\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T07:07:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T01:37:31","slug":"new-caledonia-macron-declares-state-of-emergency-amid-deadly-riots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigbreakingwire.in\/new-caledonia-macron-declares-state-of-emergency-amid-deadly-riots\/","title":{"rendered":"New Caledonia: Macron Declares State of Emergency Amid Deadly Riots"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>\n<p>President Emmanuel Macron has taken action to declare a state of emergency in New Caledonia, a French territory in the Pacific, following two nights of violent riots that resulted in four deaths, including a gendarme, and left hundreds injured.<br \/><br \/>The unrest erupted after the lower house of parliament in Paris approved controversial changes to voting rules, which the indigenous Kanak population argues will diminish their electoral influence.<br \/><br \/>Despite the deployment of heavily armed security forces and the imposition of a nighttime curfew in the capital, Noumea, rioting persisted, marking the worst violence in the region since the 1980s.<br \/><br \/>New Caledonia, located between Australia and Fiji, is among France&#8217;s overseas territories worldwide, distinguished by its unique status stemming from French colonization in the late 19th century.<br \/><br \/>Although the territory has rejected independence in referendums on three occasions, there remains significant support for independence among the indigenous Kanak people.<br \/><br \/>Macron has issued a stern warning that further violence will be met with an uncompromising response and has called for a renewal of political dialogue to address the situation, according to the Elysee.<br \/><br \/>The government has approved the declaration of a state of emergency, scheduled to take effect from 8 pm Paris time (5 am Thursday in Noumea), with Prime Minister Gabriel Attal overseeing a crisis unit at the interior ministry to monitor its implementation.<br \/><br \/>Under the state of emergency, authorities will have the power to enforce travel restrictions, impose house arrests, and conduct searches, government spokeswoman Prisca Thevenot confirmed.<br \/><br \/>Nearly 1,800 law enforcement officers have been mobilized, with an additional 500 reinforcements being deployed to address the escalating crisis, Thevenot added.<br \/><br \/>Macron has canceled his scheduled trip to Normandy to chair a new crisis meeting on Thursday, as announced by the presidency, underscoring the gravity of the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Update: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to widespread riots, France has placed army personnel at ports and the airport in New Caledonia, following the ban on TikTok and the declaration of a state of emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 In response to widespread riots, France has placed army personnel at ports and the airport in New Caledonia, following the ban on TikTok and the declaration of a state of emergency.<br><br>Read more \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qDiijVgE53\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/qDiijVgE53<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Caledonia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Caledonia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/France?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#France<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RJG5UbNSE3\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/RJG5UbNSE3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AfQIub29hi\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/AfQIub29hi<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BigBreakingWire (@BigBreakingWire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigBreakingWire\/status\/1790834167149740504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 15, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Emmanuel Macron has taken action to declare a state of emergency in New Caledonia, a French territory in the Pacific, following two nights of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65,38,1377,39],"tags":[4198,3925,4195,4197,4196,4199],"class_list":["post-15146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bigbreakingnow","category-geopolitical","category-politics","category-world","tag-kanak-population","tag-macron","tag-new-caledonia","tag-riots","tag-state-of-emergency","tag-voting-rules","entry","rows"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"modified_by":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfgCxS-3Wi","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigbreakingwire.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigbreakingwire.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigbreakingwire.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigbreakingwire.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigbreakingwire.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigbreakingwire.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigbreakingwire.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigbreakingwire.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigbreakingwire.in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}