New Caledonians are pondering the possible implications of the referendum on independence from France scheduled for December.
It will be the third and final vote under the terms of the Noumea Accord which has been the decolonisation roadmap since 1998.
Paris has now released a comprehensive document outlining what either a yes or a no will mean.
My colleague Walter Zweifel has looked at it and I asked him first what a third no to independence would mean.
FLNKS supporters wave the Kanak flag of New Caledonia on the night of the second independence referendum in October 2020. Photo: AFP or licensors
