Caledonian People's Movement (french: Mouvement Populaire Calédonien;

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MPC) is a

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and anti-

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political party in

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founded in 2013 by

Gaël Yanno Gaël Yanno (born 2 July 1961 in Nouméa, New Caledonia) is a French politician, and a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. He served as President of the Congress of New Caledonia from 2014 to 2015, and again from July 2018 to May 2019. ...

, a former

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and MP in the

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representing the New Caledonia constituency.

History

The party was founded in 2013 following an internal dispute within the

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between leader

Pierre Frogier Pierre Frogier (born 16 November 1950, Nouméa, New Caledonia) is a French politician, who was President of the Government of New Caledonia from 2001 to 2004. He has been French senator for New Caledonia since 2011, and was member of the Nati ...

and representatives

and

Sonia Backès Sonia Backès (née Dos Santos; born 21 May 1976) is a French politician in New Caledonia. She is the current leader of the Caledonian Republicans party and the President of the Provincial Assembly of South Province since May 17, 2019. In 2022 ...

. Yanno and Backès were both disappointed with Frogier's performance as leader, which they felt cost The Rally votes, and also disagreed on economic policy. Both subsequently left the party. Yanno founded the MPC with similar ideas to the French

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. At its creation, the party issued a charter with two main points: opposing separatism and creating policies designed to improve the daily lives of all ethnic communities in New Caledonia. Yanno also said he was willing to work with all anti-separatist parties in New Caledonia. In 2018, Yanno stood down and was replaced by Gil Brial as leader. In 2019, the party joined with the

Caledonian Republicans The Caledonian Republicans (french: Les Républicains calédoniens; abbreviated LRC) is a liberal-conservative political party in New Caledonia. The party's founding congress was held on 7 December 2017 at Nouvata Hotel in the capital Nouméa, bu ...

and

to form the

Future with Confidence The Future with Confidence (french: L'Avenir en confiance, AEC) is a liberal-conservative and anti-independence electoral alliance of political parties in New Caledonia. It forms part of the anti-separatist and French loyalist bloc in the Congr ...

alliance.

References

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