The French Polynesian vice-president, Edouard Fritch, is to lead a delegation to Paris later today as the power struggle between two rival governments in Papeete is in the courts.
After unprecedented delays two days ago, a civil tribunal in Papeete court deferred a decision on Gaston Flosse's claim that Oscar Temaru is a usurper president.
Mr Flosse's lawyer has dropped the demand that Mr Temaru vacate the presidential premises while Mr Temaru and his MPs have now stopped their hunger strike.
As a delegation of Temaru supporters is lobbying in France for President Chirac to dissolve the assembly, Mr Fritch will arrive tomorrow to put his case.
A third person claiming to be president, Rene Hoffer, has formed a three-member government and is prepared to assume office with the backing of some descendants of the Tahitian royal families.
The uncertainty appears likely to persist for at least another week when the French Supreme court will rule on Mr Flosse's appeal to annul the result of the May polls in the Society islands.
