Tete was reacting to concerns from the public that authorities may have been too quick to announce the election of a new President only hours after the state funeral of the late President Baldwin Lonsdale.
According to a Vanuatu Daily Post report, Tete said the death of the President was an unexpected situation as it was the first time a sitting President died while in office and the laws governing the election of the President when the office became vacant gave everyone a very short timeframe to complete the task.
