Vanuatu Parliament session adjourned

The parliament was scheduled to meet this morning in a special session to discuss constitutional reform.

However, there were only the government's 33 MPs present and the speaker adjourned the session until Monday.

Only 24 members of parliament turned up, forcing the Speaker to adjourn the sitting.

In the first attempt this morning at about half-past nine, the Speaker entered the chamber only to find the numbers present short of the required 27 of the 52 member-house. He then suspended the session and sent MPs out for a short break.

When parliament returned late in the morning hours, only 24 government MPs were present.