Movement for Diversity


The Movement for Diversity 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

, the former leader of the major loyalist Rally for Caledonia in the Republic left the RPCR in 2006 to found the Rally for Caledonia. 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.
Loueckhote is strongly opposed to New Caledonia's independence from France. Loueckhote is a Kanak.
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 Province, the LMD ran independently and won only 3.6%, below the 5% threshold for seats.