Let G be a compact connected and simply connected Lie group, and Σ be a compact topological Riemann surface with a point p marked on it. One can associate to this data the moduli space of flat G connections on the punctured Riemann surface Σ denoted by MG = M[Σp]. This space decomposes into a union MG = ∪σM G(σ) of moduli spaces of flat connections with the holonomy around the point p fixed in ...