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Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Edward Kaltamat, who disclosed the above said at present there is no budget for a snap election.

Kaltamat said recently they spent over VT7 million (US$60,00) for the Presidential election, but this was budgeted for. 

The commission is now preparing for the Malekula by-elections.. 

Kaltamat said in the event that the Parliament is dissolved as requested by the Council of Ministers (COM), the government will find the funds for the snap election.

RNZ Pacific broadcasts into the wider Pacific on shortwave 24 hours a day, collaborating with 22 broadcasting partners across the region.

Its current primary transmitter is nearing end of life, and its other transmitter has in effect already been retired.

The announcement was made as part of New Zealand's Broadcasting Minister Kris Faafoi's plans for the new public media entity which is set to operate next year.

Finance Minister Gaetan Pikioune said they had allowed for a series of major events in Vanuatu next year, reports The Daily Post.

Those included the general elections, the 40th independence anniversary celebrations, hosting of the Pacific Islands Forum summit, and Vanuatu's graduation from Least Developed Countries status by December next year.

The government delivered its annual budget on Tuesday, announcing that the country's foreign aid budget had been cut again.

The Australian National University's Stephen Howes said programmes in places like Pakistan, Nepal, Cambodia and Indonesia have been slashed by as much as half.

But he said the Pacific has been spared.

"The government's caught between these two conflicting objectives. On the one hand, it doesn't want to increase overall aid," he said.

Hemi se lukluk i stap se bambae grot blong ekonomik aktiviti raon long wol baebae hemi go antap moa bitim wanem we International Monetary Fund (IMF)i bin expektem bifo, espeseli insaed long ol emerging maket mo ol developin kaontris.

Taem hemi stap prisendem wan global economic aotluk long palamen bifo preentesen blong national badjet, minister Pikioune I talem se ol impruvmen long ekonomi blong ol kaontri ia, oli kontribiut long wan globol growth blong 3.6 pesen long yia ia 2016, mo IMF I expeketem wan smol rikavari blong 3.8 pesen long 2017.

Hemi se badjet ya hemia hemi inkludim ol polisi praeoriti blong Gavman mo ol plan we hemi konsisten wetem ol prinsipol blong risponsibol fiskol manejmen we I stap long Seksen 22 blong Pablik Faenans mo Ekonomik Manejmen Akt (CAP224).

No budget was passed last year and parliament has been dissolved.

The emergency measure was taken by Mr Kilman on his home island of Malekula because last Thursday was the last day of the government's 2015 financial year.

Jimmy has also assured suppliers that they too will get paid.

He says the public machinery is functioning as usual, despite the dissolution of parliament last week.

The President Baldwin Lonsdale had earlier threatened to dissolve Parliament if it did not sit today.

The acting speaker, Samson Samsen, issued a letter on Saturday demanding all MPs hold a session today, in order to pass the budget.