Election Issues
The new territorial Congress will have to decide how to implement the autonomy provisions of the Noumea Accord of 1998. Apart from the island's political future, the economy and New Caledonia's high cost of living were the main issue in the election campaign.
Read more about this topic: New Caledonian Legislative Election, 2009
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