The World - News from Aug. 20, 1985
New Caledonia’s territorial assembly opposed a French government measure aimed at moving the Pacific island toward independence, saying the bill favors a Kanak (Melanesian) separatist minority. The assembly, dominated by an anti-independence Gaullist party, voted 25 to 1 against the bill to dissolve the local legislature and replace it with four regional assemblies. The vote, however, will have no binding effect on the drafting of the bill, which is being debated by the French Parliament this week.
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