Uri Warawara

Extraordinary session of Vanuatu parliament begins

Uri Warawara of the Graon mo Jastis Party won the recent by-election for the Malo Aore seat vacated when Havo Moli died in February.

Mr Warawara's victory gives the GJP eight MPs in the 52-seat parliament.

According to the Vanuatu parliament's official website, only the Union for Moderates has more MPs with nine.

The extraordinary session is expected to debate up to eleven bills including the Right to Information Act.

There are also amendments to the Penal Code, the Citizenship and Immigration Acts up for debate.

Photo: RNZI/ Walter Zweifel

GJP’s Warawara wins Malo/Aore by-election

Candidate Uri Warawara was declared duly elected by the Electoral Commission chairman, Martine Tete, at about 6.30pm (local time) and his announcement was made in the northern town of Luganville.

Warawara’s successful result has proved he had maintained his support base as the runner up to the winning candidate of this year’s snap election, late Havo Moli, earlier this year.

His election will bring to a total of 8 members of the GJP in the current 11th legislature.