The eligibility of the mayor of French Polynesia's capital to contest next month's municipal elections is being challenged.
Papeete. Photo: Supplied
A complaint lodged by members of the Tahoeraa Huiraatira party accuses Michel Buillard, who has been mayor for 25 years, of living outside Papeete, according to Tahiti Nui TV.
They say he lives in Pirae and should therefore be struck off the roll.
The complaint follows two refusals by the electoral commission of Papeete to register the Tahoeraa leader Gaston Flosse as a voter.
It, as well as a local court, found that he didn't live in the unit within his party's headquarters which he declared as his permanent residence.
Flosse planned his political comeback in Papeete after being barred from public office for five years because of two corruption convictions.
Mr Buillard was a long-time Tahoeraa member and a minister in the Flosse-led government but has since left the party.
A decision in Mr Buillard's case is expected within days as is a ruling from Paris on Mr Flosse's appeal after his rejection in Papeete.
