The Condominium's Waterloo!
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A referendum for islanders to decide which of the two nations, Britain or France, should remain in the New Hebrides to help prepare for indepen dence, has been urged by the Rev Walter Lini, president of the National Party.
Walter Lini made this proposal after the late-January congress of the National Party which won an overwhelming majority in the territory’s elec tions last November for the first Representative Assembly in the New Hebrides.
When the new Assembly still had not met in February, Mr. Lini pointed out that the National Party did not think the two governing powers could accomplish the preparation for independence together.
As proof, he pointed to the inefficiency of 60 years joint effort and the continuing problem over the election of a Chief to represent Central District No. 2. He said that in this electorate the British delegate was satisfied with the results of the first election cu\d the French was not. “If we keep the two governments, it will always be the same ”, he declared.