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Movement for Diversity
Mouvement de la diversitéLeader Simon Loueckhote Founded 2008 Headquarters 34, rue Gallieni - Centre Ville
98800 NouméaIdeology Anti-separatism, autonomism, Gaullism National affiliation Union for a Popular Movement International affiliation None European affiliation None European Parliament Group None Official colours Blue Seats in the Congress 1 Seats in the South Province 2 Seats in the North Province 0 Seats in the Loyalty Islands Province 0 Website www.lmd.nc Politics of New Caledonia
Political parties
ElectionsThe Movement for Diversity (French: Mouvement de la diversité, LMD) is a right-wing political party in New Caledonia, strongly supportive of the French status of the region; it is close to the French Union for a Popular Movement.
History
Jacques Lafleur, the former leader of the major loyalist Rally for Caledonia in the Republic (RPCR) left the RPCR in 2006 to found the Rally for Caledonia (RPC). The island's sole Senator, the anti-independence Kanak Simon Loueckhote joined the RPC in 2006, but in 2008, he left the party following a series of electoral defeats to form the Movement for Diversity, the LMD.
Despite being a Kanak, Loueckhote is strongly opposed to New Caledonia's independence from France.
In the 2009 election, the LMD allied with the centrist Future Together list in the South Province, which won 16.33% in the province and two members of the LMD were elected, including Loueckhote. As a result, Loueckhote was eligible to sit in the Congress of New Caledonia. In the Loyalty Islands, the LMD ran independently and won only 3.6%, below the 5% threshold for seats.
Anti-independence The Rally–UMP · Caledonia Together · Future Together · Rally for Caledonia · Movement for Diversity · National FrontPro-independence Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front · Caledonian Union · Federation of Pro-Independence Co-operation Committees · Kanak Socialist Liberation · Renewed Caledonian Union · Labour Party