Pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru was elected president of Tahiti on March 3, with the support of 29 of the 57 members of the semi-autonomous parliament that governs France’s “overseas territory”. Until last year, Tahiti had been governed for 20 years by Gaston Flosse, a friend of France’s President Jacques Chirac. Temaru told supporters any spilt from France would only come if most people supported it.

From Green Left Weekly, March 9, 2005.
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