Vote of no confidence

No confidence motion to be filed next week

The Opposition’s legal advisers were consulted and they are getting the notice signed.

The notice as required by the standing orders of parliament is signed by at least 11 MPs.

The defective notice was signed by the 10 MPs in Opposition and five members of the National Alliance Party (NA)and two from the People’s National Congress (PNC).

No-confidence vote rejection: wrong forms used says Speaker

Parliament officials say there are no forms however the correct format for the notice for a motion was not followed.

The Opposition has only tomorrow to correct the defects and file the motion again at the Speakers office.

Opposition  Leader Don Polye says they will not give up and that they will continue to file the motion for a vote of no confidence against the Prime Minister.

“We respectfully accept the return of the motion and we will look at the reasons for the rejection and will make an immediate re submission of the motion to the acting speaker,” he says.

Speaker rejects Opposition anti-PM move

Ganasi made this announcement as the first order of business this morning.

He says the notice was not deliberated on by the Permanent Parliamentary Committee on Private Business because most of the members were unavailable for a meeting. 

He says section 23 subsection 4 gives him powers to determine the notice in the absence of the committee.

Ganasi says the notice was defective and therefore he rejected it.

After this announcement the leader of government business James Marape was asked to make a statement.

O’Neill lashes out at no-confidence notice

This is the Prime Minister’s response to the filing of a vote of confidence against him by the Opposition.

"It is desperate and ambitious, not done in the best interest of the nation but for personal interest driven by desire for revenge,’’ the Prime Minister charged.

"The country today faces huge challenges with El Niño and global economic conditions which require our Parliament's attention.

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Police turn on crowd

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Police have dispersed the Unagi oval protest crowd and bashed some protestors who started taking pictures of them.

 

PM: some MPs ‘instant millionaires’ after becoming promoted

Latest Vanuatu no confidence motion today

Kilman only came to power earlier this month after bringing a successful vote of no confidence against Jo Natuman's government.

But Natuman's group has contested the legality of that and is seeking to overturn it on the grounds that most of Kilman's supporters are facing charges of bribery.

He also claims the dumping of his government has interfered with the recovery from Cyclone Pam.