French Polynesia's employers organisation has expressed its concern at the latest blockade of the port of Tahiti by the GIP intervention force, saying the action is illicit.
About 300 members of the GIP led by their former boss, Rere Puputauki, began the blockade last night and threatened to extend it to access streets into Papeete and the airport in Faaa.
The blockade is the third in five months and is purportedly aimed at securing lasting employment for 300 GIP members who were hired by the previous government allegedly without a budgetary provision.
President Oscar Temaru is to make a formal statement tonight on the latest GIP action.
The last blockade was lifted after the French state backed a settlement that provided for a review of the GIP but which is being extended.