Oscar Temaru French Polynesia's president again

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Updated February 12, 2009 22:11:20

For the third time since 2004 Oscar Temaru has been elected President of French Polynesia. Mr Temaru won the presidency after a second round of voting and will have a workable majority of 37 votes in the 57 seat Assembly. Since 2004, Mr Temaru, Gaston Flosse and Gaston Tong Sang have between them been elected and ousted as president a total of eight times.

Presenter: Geraldine Coutts
Speaker: Editor and publisher of Tahiti Pacifique magazine Alex Du Prel

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