New Caledonia has entered a second month without a properly constituted government.
The President of New Caledonia, Philippe Germain. Photo: RNZI / Koroi Hawkins
An attempt to convene a meeting this week to elect a new president won't be made in part because of the caretaker president and only candidate for the position Philippe Germain is in New York.
Mr Germain has joined other anti-independence politicians to attend the UN decolonisation committee meeting.
In his caretaker capacity, Mr Germain also attended the Pacific Islands Forum summit in Samoa.
Rifts within the anti-independence camp have led to a deadlock, leaving it unable to find a majority among the newly chosen ministers in the collegial government to confirm Mr Germain.
The ministers of the pro-independence minority have been abstaining in the voting, saying it's up to the loyalists to sort out their differences.
A new government is needed because the budget minister Philippe Dunoyer resigned to take up a position in Paris, thereby triggering the fall of the government.
The old administration will remain in a caretaker position until a president is elected.