His eight-party To Tatou Aia coalition has split and the opposition’s Gaston Flosse and Oscar Temaru have called for a joint approach in the face of an exceptional situation.
Amid a deadlock in the legislature, the To Tatou Aia’s assembly leader, Jean Christophe Bouissou, has broken ranks and is finalizing an arrangement with his former rivals in a bid to pass the 2009 budget.
Failure to so by the end of March would give the French high commissioner control over the territory’s finances.
Flosse saof a no confidence motion could be lodged any time but as yet no politician has put their name forward to replace Tong Sang.
According to Temaru, a change is needed. He said five years of instability is enough.
