Political conflict between French Polynesia President Gaston Tong Sang

Updated May 8, 2008 15:41:12

In French Polynesia, political conflict is still raging between President Gaston Tong Sang and the opposition.
On Tuesday, the opposition leader and Assembly President Oscar Temaru refused to open the assembly, saying there was no quorum. This sparked an unheard of solution from the erritory's president, who decided to organize a parliamentary sitting using his majority at the Economical, Social and Cultural Council.

Presenter: Sandrine Ducrot
Speaker: Semir Al Wardi, political expert at French Polynesia's University