Meanings of collegial government in English

The new Congress will elect an 11-member collegial government for a five-year term.

Another attempt will be made in New Caledonia tomorrow to elect a collegial government.

New Caledonia's collegial government is now fully constituted after its 11 ministers agreed on a vice-president.

The deal also provides for the presidency of the collegial government to go to Future with Confidence.

Our Movement wants a three-member collegial government working on sustainable policies which include a spruce-up of Papeete.

For the past year, the party leader Thierry Santa has been the president of New Caledonia's collegial government.

Mr Goa said should there be no action he would ask the Caledonian Union ministers to quit the collegial government.

The Caledonia Together party, which is part of the collegial government, has now issued a statement, urging a ban be declared.

Mr Goa also says it is unacceptable that the two pro-independence ministers in the collegial government refuse to attend its meetings.

However talks have foundered and trucks have converged on the capital in anticipation of the collegial government meeting on the matter tomorrow.

The call for a truly collegial government comes after the surprise election of a pro-independence politician Roch Wamytan as Congress president last week.

The Caledonian Union again said it was considering withdrawing its ministers from the collegial government whose anti-independence members mostly concur with the French government.

It would also weaken the powers of the territory's Congress and the collegial government in order to strengthen the administrations of the three provinces.

The pro-independence members of the collegial government had opposed SLN's plan, arguing that high quality ore should be processed in New Caledonia and not abroad.

The Caledonian Republicans hold one seat in the collegial government while the pro-independence side has five and the groups backing Mr Philippe also have five.