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Tahiti's OPT case review deferred
French Polynesia's court of appeal has deferred a decision on whether to abandon the OPT corruption case until next year.
Updated at 12:09 pm on 18 November 2015
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Tahiti's OPT case may be abandoned
French Polynesia's court of appeal is tomorrow due to determine whether the OPT corruption case will be abandoned.
Updated at 3:39 pm on 17 November 2015
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Tahiti's Tahoeraa at risk of losing another member
French Polynesia's once dominant Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party is reportedly due to lose another assembly member to the breakaway Tapura Huiraatira group.
Updated at 1:21 pm on 3 November 2015
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Tahiti agency boss detained in fraud probe
Reports from French Polynesia say the head of a public works agency, Bruno Marty, has been detained for questioning on suspicion of abuse of large sums of public funds.
Updated at 2:07 pm on 29 October 2015
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Tahiti's Tahoeraa suffers setback
French Polynesia's once dominant Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party has lost another assembly member amid a continued rift within its ranks.
Updated at 8:17 am on 28 October 2015
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Tahiti court upholds Flosse's party leadership
A court in French Polynesia has thrown out a bid by the president Edouard Fritch, to dislodge his predecessor, Gaston Flosse, from the leadership of the Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party.
Updated at 1:48 pm on 27 October 2015
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Fritch concerned over Tahiti instability
French Polynesia's president, Edouard Fritch, has reiterated that there is political instability in the territory but says a dissolution of the assembly is not on the agenda.
Updated at 5:09 pm on 13 October 2015
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French Polynesia's Flosse ineligible to be party leader, court hears
A court in French Polynesia has heard a case brought by the president Edouard Fritch who claims that his predecessor, Gaston Flosse, is ineligible to be a party leader because of his criminal conviction.
Updated at 3:13 pm on 13 October 2015
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New minister chosen in Tahiti shuffle
The French Polynesian president, Edouard Fritch, has appointed Nicole Sanquer as new youth minister in a shuffle aimed at strengthening his government's support in the assembly.
Updated at 6:07 pm on 9 October 2015
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Tahiti reshuffle amid assembly power struggle
The French Polynesian president, Edouard Fritch, has removed two ministers for them to take up seats in the assembly as his administration struggles to pass a budget.
Updated at 12:42 pm on 9 October 2015
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Fritch's case against Tahiti's Flosse deferred
A hearing has been postponed in French Polynesia in a court case brought by the president Edouard Fritch who claims that his predecessor, Gaston Flosse, is ineligible to be a party leader because of his criminal conviction.
Updated at 2:07 pm on 29 September 2015
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Tahiti phantom job compensation case deferred
French Polynesia's appeal court has again deferred the civil case to compensate the public purse for expenses incurred by phantom jobs under former president Gaston Flosse.
Updated at 7:27 pm on 25 September 2015
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French Polynesia's Fritch to set up political party
French Polynesia's president Edouard Fritch has announced he is setting up his own political party.
Updated at 7:57 pm on 4 September 2015
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French Polynesia's Fritch to set up political party
French Polynesia's president Edouard Fritch has announced he is setting up his own political party.
Updated at 3:30 pm on 4 September 2015
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French Polynesia's Flosse sentenced in espionage case
French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse has been found guilty of abusing public funds but acquitted of violating privacy in a long-running espionage case against him.
Updated at 3:25 pm on 24 June 2015
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French Polynesia appeal court rejects Papara mayor
French Polynesia's appeal court has rejected a bid by the mayor of Papara to be relieved of the punishment given over the phantom job affair.
Updated at 2:06 pm on 19 June 2015
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French Polynesia assembly president exonerated
Prosecutors in French Polynesia have dropped charges against the president of the territorial assembly, Marcel Tuihani, laid in connection with the alleged theft of china by the disgraced former president, Gaston Flosse.
Updated at 1:37 pm on 16 June 2015
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Tahoeraa loses another Tahiti assembly member
Reports from French Polynesia say the Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party has lost yet another member to the splinter group formed in the assembly this year.
Updated at 1:38 pm on 11 June 2015
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Fritch won't resign from Tahiti's Tahoeraa
The French Polynesian president, Edouard Fritch, says he won't resign from the Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party despite him being its only member in government.
Updated at 1:40 pm on 29 May 2015
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Opposition politician joins weakened Tahiti government
The French Polynesian president, Edouard Fritch, has added the leader of the opposition Atia Porinetia party, Teva Rohfritsch, to his ministerial line-up.
Updated at 12:48 pm on 28 May 2015
