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Flosse loses Tahiti defamation case
The criminal court in French Polynesia has thrown out the defamation case brought by a former president, Gaston Flosse, against two French journalists over a book and a 2013 article in the French newspaper, Le Monde.
Updated at 11:41 am on 20 May 2015
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Push to annul Tahiti's French Senate election
A French Polynesian candidate who failed to win a French Senate seat earlier this month wants the election outcome to be voided.
Updated at 10:21 am on 19 May 2015
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Expulsions deprive Tahiti's Tahoeraa of majority
French Polynesia's biggest party, the Tahoeraa Huiraatira, has dismissed 15 members and offically lost its majority in the territorial assembly.
Updated at 2:48 pm on 14 May 2015
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Ruling Tahiti party loses assembly majority
French Polynesia's ruling Tahoeraa Huiraatira has lost its majority in the territorial assembly after 15 of its 38 members formed a new group within the assembly.
Updated at 11:04 am on 8 May 2015
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French Polynesia president accused of harassment
French Polynesia's ruling Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party has accused the president and his backers of harassment and blackmail in the lead-up to the next assembly meeting.
Updated at 3:37 pm on 7 May 2015
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Tahiti elects new French Senators
French Polynesia has elected the vice-president, Nuihau Laurey, and an assembly member, Lana Tetuanui, as the territory's two new members of the French Senate.
Updated at 1:26 pm on 4 May 2015
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Tahiti to choose two French senators
French Polynesia will today choose its two members of the French Senate in a re-run of last year's election which was annulled in February.
Updated at 6:43 am on 4 May 2015
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Tahiti phantom job civil trial deferred
French Polynesia's appeal court has deferred the civil case to compensate the public purse for the expenses incurred by phantom jobs, under the former president Gaston Flosse.
Updated at 12:44 pm on 1 May 2015
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Charges dropped against Flosse in hospital contract case
Charges have been dropped against French Polynesia's former president, Gaston Flosse, over the alleged misuse of power in the way he awarded a hospital contract a decade ago.
Updated at 1:37 pm on 29 April 2015
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French Polynesia's Tahoeraa changes membership rules amid rift
French Polynesia's ruling Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party has revised its statutes to change its procedure of dismissing members.
Updated at 8:05 pm on 25 April 2015
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Tahiti ruling party poised to expel dissidents
French Polynesia's ruling Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party is due to meet today reportedly to revise its internal statutes amidst widening party fractures.
Updated at 11:27 am on 24 April 2015
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Phantom job complaint lodged in Tahiti
A complaint has been lodged with the police in French Polynesia over an alleged phantom job at the territorial assembly, implicating three politicians, including the president, Edouard Fritch.
Updated at 5:00 pm on 21 April 2015
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No appeal sought in Tahiti's OPT case
The prosecution in French Polynesia has decided against taking the OPT corruption case to France's highest court after the matter was thrown out over procedural errors last week.
Updated at 11:31 am on 21 April 2015
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Tahiti court throws out OPT corruption case
The appeal court in French Polynesia has thrown out the OPT corruption case against eight defendants because of procedural errors by the prosecution.
Updated at 1:38 pm on 17 April 2015
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Viability of Tahiti's OPT trial in the balance
The appeal court in French Polynesia is today expected to decide if the latest corruption trial of a former president, Gaston Flosse, should continue.
Updated at 6:14 am on 17 April 2015
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Push to call off Tahiti's OPT trial
The defence in French Polynesia's OPT case says the attempt to try a former president, Gaston Flosse, for corruption should be abandoned because there is no basis to hold an appeal court sitting.
Updated at 3:44 pm on 16 April 2015
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Flosse faces OPT retrial in Tahiti
A fresh bid will be made in French Polynesia today to try a former president and a French executive over a long-running major corruption case involving the OPT telecommunications company.
Updated at 9:01 am on 16 April 2015
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Tahiti candidates register for French Senate race
The first candidates in French Polynesia for the two vacant seats in the French Senate have officially lodged their applications amid a row within the ruling Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party.
Updated at 1:35 pm on 15 April 2015
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Fritch says losers foster Tahiti instability
French Polynesia's president, Edouard Fritch, has used his speech at the opening of the assembly session to lash out at rivals within his pro-autonomy camp.
Updated at 1:46 pm on 10 April 2015
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Tahiti's ruling party expected to split
French Polynesia's ruling Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party has expelled four senior members in what is expected to develop into a major formal split.
Updated at 1:56 pm on 9 April 2015
