Dumped Tahiti pension reform still priority – Fritch

French Polynesia’s president Edouard Fritch says if he wins this year’s election he will make the pension reform the priority of priorities.

Mr Fritch made the comment after withdrawing the reform plan following a general strike during which demonstrators forced their way into the assembly.

His government planned to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, saying failure to make the change would bankrupt the system in a couple of years.

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