Tag: No confidence vote
Did sense of betrayal lead Tonga’s Fā’otusia to miss confidence vote?
ANALYSIS: By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
Was Tonga's Hon. Vuna Fā’otusia betrayed by his close friends from the nobility and cabinet while being...
‘Stay clear’ of PNG’s political crisis, Marape tells public
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist
Papua New Guinea's prime minister has urged the public to not get caught up in the country's political crisis...
PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill finally resigns
By RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has finally resigned.
O'Neill told Parliament today he had tendered his resignation to the Governor-General this...
PNG Parliament erupts in chaos as Speaker rejects opposition motions
Embattled Prime Minister Peter O'Neill explains why he has gone to the Supreme Court to seek clarification on the vote of no-confidence procedure under...
‘I’m not PNG’s acting PM,’ caretaker Sir Julius Chan tells nation
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Sir Julius Chan says there has been a huge misunderstanding over yesterday’s press conference, reports EMTV News.
His comments follow a media...
Gary Juffa: Dear PM O’Neill, we’ll stop you selling out our...
OPEN LETTER: By Gary Juffa, Governor of Oro
Dear Prime Minister,
You sold all our todays and were about to sell our children's tomorrows too. You...
Duma’s URP defects from O’Neill coalition bloc in PNG power shift
The United Resources Party, led by Hagen Open MP William Duma, including four ministers, switches to the opposition. Video: EMTV News
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The...
Marape accuses PNG government of ‘sabotage ploy’ to delay vote
By EMTV News
Papua New Guinea's political opposition has gone on the offensive, accusing Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's government of attempting to delay and defeat...
Former editor blasts Post-Courier over ‘trash’ coverage on PNG crisis
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A former editor of the PNG Post-Courier has condemned his old newspaper for an article “insulting the intelligence” of Papua New...
Ex-minister Marape declares rival camp ‘steadfast’ in O’Neill challenge
Recruiting the opposition numbers as the no-confidence vote looms for Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's government when Parliament resumes tomorrow. Video: EMTV News
By Scott Waide
The...
Five PNG ministers have now quit as O’Neill government hit by...
EMTV News reports on the latest defections from Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's government.
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The latest group of Papua New Guinea MPs who...
Candidates for Solomon Islands PM announced amid ‘political turbulence’
Amid continued “political turbulence” in the Solomon Islands, candidates for the position of prime minister have been announced, the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation reports....
Sogavare voted out as no confidence motion passes after ‘fierce’ debate
The Solomon Islands is without a formal Prime Minister tonight after the motion of no confidence against Manasseh Sogavare passed Parliament this evening after...
Peter Solo Kinjap: Corruption threat to PNG – is the death...
OPINION: By Peter Solo Kinjap
The critical observations by some of our intellectuals, scholars, senior statesmen and former prime ministers on the level of...
PNG opposition lose no-confidence vote but challenge gagged debate
EMTV News clip featuring the restricted parliamentary debate on the no-confidence vote and closing out of discussion of student unrest.
By Serah Aupong in Port...
Business as usual as O’Neill easily survives PNG no-confidence vote
By Freddy Mou in Port Moresby
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill easily survived as national leader of Papua New Guinea today by winning the parliamentary no-confidence...
PNG no-confidence vote today – livestreaming
Police were on full alert in the main city centres of Papua New Guinea's capital of Port Moresby today to keep watch for any...
PNG Opposition files no-confidence motion notice against government
By Ruth Rungula in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Opposition has filed a notice of a motion for a vote of no-confidence today at its...
PNG students take campaign to provinces – opposition MPs plan protest...
Students from the University of Papua New Guinea - many already having left the campus after this week's eviction order from the administration -...
PNG’s Opposition to take legal action over dismissal of confidence vote
By Quintina Naime in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Opposition will take legal action against the dismissal of the vote of no-confidence against Prime Minister...
Motion Impossible: ‘Enforcer’ Bainimarama still Fiji’s PM
By Peni Shute and Calvin Prasad in Suva
The Fiji Opposition’s bid to have Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama replaced by Leader of the Opposition Ro...
Hilda Heine sworn in as first Pacific woman president
From Marshall Islands Journal
By Giff Johnson in Majuro
The ousting this week of President Casten Nemra, only two weeks into his term as president of...