[8] The pro-French political of former President Gaston Tong Sang, O Porinetia To Tatou Ai'a, secured 27 of the 57 seats in the new French Polynesian Assembly.

[8] Negotiations between Fritch and Tong Sang reportedly broke down earlier in the week of February 17.

[9] Tong Sang said that he was prepared to offer Fritch's Tahoeraa Huiraatira party the Speaker of the Assembly, as well as 4 of the 15 ministerial posts, should he form a new government.

[9] However, the two sides finally reached an eleventh-hour deal between Tong Sang's O Porinetia To Tatou Ai'a party and the Tahoeraa Huiraatira to form a new pro-French coalition in the Assembly.

[12] Fritch initially resisted calls for a new election, saying that his position was necessary for the current April 9 Assembly session.

In a speech following his ouster as president, Fritch expressed "disappointment" that the UPLD-Tahoeraa political alliance was in trouble.

[13] On 1 March 2011 he was sacked as vice-president from the Cabinet of Gaston Tong Sang for failing to support the budget.

[15] Fritch was elected on 16 June 2012 as member of the National Assembly of France in the 1st constituency of French Polynesia.

He seated in the Union for Democrats and Independents group in the National Assembly, chaired by former minister Jean-Louis Borloo.