French Polynesia

Temaru replied that while perhaps he was not mandated to do so, he was certainly qualified to talk about these issues (TPM, Nov 2005). [...]Temaru's party, Tavini Huiraatira (People's Servant), said in a 22 November press release, "When the president expresses himself in the Pacific, he is not on foreign soil. According to that document, the Office of the President had 626 employees in 2004, and included an intelligence section that carried out illegal surveillance operations against political opponents. According to the 1880 treaty, this institution was to be preserved under French rule, but it was later suppressed. According to political scientist Jean Marc Regnault, as social and economic problems in France increase, funds for overseas entities are likely to decrease (TPM, Dec 2005).