New Governing Body
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For New Caledonia
NEW CALEDONIA will have a new name for its governing body and a new method of electing members.
The new names will be Assemblee Territoriale de la Nouvelle Caledonie (it used to be Conseil General); and voting will now be proportionali representation instead of first-past the-post.
There will be 30 members in the new body instead of 25 as in the old, and it will be a miniature parliament, with ministers in charge of departments.
It is reported that local electors do not favour proportional repre sentation —that is, marking the
whole of the ballot paper in orde of preference—and that when th elections are held (Sept. 29) large proportion will not vote.