Vanuaaku Party’s
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resolution
The Vanuaaku Party, formerly
the National Party of the New Hebrides, decided at its congress in June that the July constitu tional conference, scheduled for Paris, should be held in the New Hebrides.
A congress resolution said: “Such a conference, since it con cerns the life and future of the people of Vanuaaku (New Hebrides) should be held in Vanuaaku.” The resolution added that the party could not afford to send a full delegation to Europe.
The French/Bislama language fortnightly, Nabanga, reacted sharply to this decision in its issue of June 18. In a major article on the Vanuaaku Party congress,
signed by J.M., Nabanga said: “In
London or in Paris ... of course, it is not possible to stage de monstrations which might in timidate or strive to convince the negotiators on the other side of the table.
“If there were a summit con ference in Vila, the Vanuaaku Party could make use of certain means of pressure ...”