There was an interesting development in Tahiti today. Two members of the current political majority party resigned -suddenly making it the minority party. So now, in spite of the elections that were just held 6 months ago, the President of Tahiti must step down and the new majority party will elect a new president.
When Yves and I went to Huahine, I actually saw the President and was, in fact, just a few feet from him at the airport. He was all smiles that day. But today I saw him on the front page of the newspaper -as well as on the news, and he didn't look happy at all. Yves and Mirella told me that in the past 4 years they've had 6 presidents. When people vote here -they vote for a political party -not a specific candidate. If that party loses their majority status, no matter when the elections were held, you get a new president.
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