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Vanuatu govt advisor says no confidence motion against Prime Minister unnecessary

Calo said Kalsakau has only been in his post for six months and to table a motion of no confidence against him now was not fair.

He said the PM needed to be given more time to prove that he could perform.

Kalsakau's government has had to pay millions of vatu for the wrongful terminations of the former civil servants, Calo said.

These included the Director-General of Justice Dorosday Kenneth, former Public Service Commission Chairman Martin Mahe and former Public Utilities Ministry Director-General Harrison Luen.

No confidence motion filed against Vanuatu PM Kalsakau

According to the Vanuatu Daily Post newspaper, the scheduled date for the debate is set for this Friday, May 19.

The Vanuatu parliament met briefly last Friday to start its first ordinary session of 2023.

Speaker Seoule Simeon clarified since this is an ordinary session, the motion has been deemed acceptable due to the presence of nine signatures endorsing it.

Among the signatories is the leader of the opposition Bob Loughman, who moved the motion, and Marc Ati, who has seconded it.

No confidence motion lodged against Vanuatu PM

 The motion was signed in the presence of the Clerk of Parliament, Raymond Manuake, in accordance with the new Parliament Standing Orders.

 These 27 MPs are representatives from different groupings in Parliament. Daily Post was informed the MPs are from all groupings in Parliament: the two parties in the Opposition, Reunification of Movement of Change (RMC), Vanua’aku Pati (VP), Union of Moderate Parties (UMP) and G10 bloc.

If registered by the Parliament, the Motion of No Trust in Prime Minister Loughman will be the first one to be deposited this year.

Vanuatu PM defeats another no confidence motion

This is the second time this month that PM Salwai has survived a challenge to his leadership.

When Speaker Esmon Saimon put the motion to vote this morning, 36 MPs on the government side voted against the motion, 13 MPs on the Opposition side voted in favour.

Speaker Saimon also expressed disappointment saying the calling for parliament today to debate the motion of   confidence is a waste of public money.

He says parliament only passed 3 bills out of 25 bill that were table for the second ordinary session of 2018.

Vanuatu Parliament to debate no confidence motion this afternoon

Both the Government and the Opposition bloc claim to have numbers.

The Government claims to have 33 Members of Parliament on its side and the Opposition also claims to have 30 MPs on its side to topple Prime Minister Salwai.

During the parliament session yesterday more MPs were sitting on the Government side than that of the Opposition side.

The Government bloc had 33 MPs after the court case on Unity Day, while the Opposition claimed it has numbers and maintained 30 over last weekend.

Vanuatu Government leadership faces uphill battle

The document was deposited at the Office of the Clerk of Parliament today.

Leader of Opposition, Ishmael Kalsakau has confirmed that thirty Members of Parliament (MP) have signed the motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Charlot Salwai.

The Opposition bloc has given the Speaker of Parliament 7 days’ notice to debate the motion.

Among the signatories in the notice to the Speaker of Parliament are two GJP parliamentarians and one VP parliamentarian who have joined the Opposition bloc.

Vanuatu opposition files motion of no confidence

Ishmael Kalsakau said he had secured the support of 22 opposition MPs and 8 government MPs for the motion in the 52 seat parliament.

There have been multiple unsuccessful attempts previously to try and remove Mr Salwai and last week, amid rumours of an impending vote, he expressed confidence he had the backing of 35 MPs.

But Mr Kalsakau said an extraordinary sitting of parliament has been requested for November 29 to hear the motion.

Vanuatu opposition won't rule out attempt at no confidence motion

The loss of the Leaders Party's eight MPs on Wednesday means the government of Prime Minister Charlot Salwai only has a one seat majority.

Mr Kalsakau would not be drawn on how many MPs now support him, saying he is more interested in building a perfect team.

He said he could either develop a strong opposition which will support him until the election in January 2020, or push for a vote of no confidence.

Vanuatu PM defeats no-confidence motion

The vote, which followed a motion tabled by the opposition, was defeated by 38 votes to 11 votes, with one abstention.

Earlier, justifying its motion, Vanuatu's opposition listed eight acts which it said had allowed the prime minister's office to be called into question.

It said proposed constitutional amendments were poorly considered and consulted.

It alleged that the government's endorsement of income tax and the PACER Plus trade agreement was also poorly consulted and threatened the livelihoods of ni-Vanuatu and the wider economy.

No confidence motion debated today in Vanuatu parliament

The government said it had 39 MPs onside to the opposition's nine.

The Vanuatu Daily Post reported the foreign minister Ralph Regenvanu said the government was more concerned that the Constitutional Review Committee could not meet due to an opposition boycott.

He said the opposition's negative attitude meant a new approach had to be found to prepare for the general election in 2020.

He said the review was important for political stability.