Tag: No confidence vote
Vanuatu snap election: International observers arrive for key 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...
Vanuatu’s chief justice orders change over dissolution of parliament plea
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...
‘Just a power grab’ claim over Vanuatu PM’s no-confidence vote boycott
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...
Solomons PM condemned during confidence debate, but survives
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...
Vanuatu Supreme Court confirms 19 government MPs lose seats
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...
Vanuatu speaker declares vacant seats of PM, his deputy and 16...
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...
PNG parliament adjourns amid covid surge and attempt to remove PM
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...
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...