Tag: No confidence vote

By Hiliare Bule, RNZ News correspondent in Port Vila Forty nine regional and international observers have arrived in Vanuatu to monitor the running of...

RNZ Pacific The Chief Justice of Vanuatu has ordered the amendment of a constitutional application against the dissolution of Parliament to exclude the president of...

By Koroi Hawkins and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalists, with reporting and photography from RNZ correspondent Hilaire Bule in Port Vila The Vanuatu Prime Minister...

RNZ Pacific The Solomon Islands prime minister came in for searing criticism when he faced a confidence vote in Parliament today. A motion of no confidence...

RNZ Pacific Vanuatu Supreme Court judge Justice Oliver Saksak has upheld a decision by the former Speaker of Parliament to expel 19 government MPs from...

RNZ Pacific The speaker of the Vanuatu Parliament has declared the seats of the prime minister, the deputy prime minister and 16 other government MPs...

RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea's parliament has adjourned for almost four months, dashing an attempt to oust Prime Minister James Marape. The adjournment allows Marape to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Amid continued “political turbulence” in the Solomon Islands, candidates for the position of prime minister have been announced, the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation reports....

The Solomon Islands is without a formal Prime Minister tonight after the motion of no confidence against Manasseh Sogavare passed Parliament this evening after...

OPINION: By Peter Solo Kinjap The critical observations by some of our intellectuals, scholars, senior statesmen and former prime ministers on the level of...

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...