3rd round of election of Vanuatu President

Voting for a new President for Vanuatu will head into the third round this afternoon.

The electoral college which comprises 52 Members of Parliament and 6 provincial chairs was unable to elect a candidate in the second round of voting this morning.

Chief Justice Vincent Lunabek ordered that voting resume at 4pm (local time) today.

Of the 16 candidates, Tallis Obed Moses, a long-serving pastor of the Presbyterian Church, dominated the second vote, garnering 27 of the 52 votes.

Former prime minister, Maxime Carlot Korman, who had led after Monday's first vote, was second this morning with 14.

 

Photo: Round 2 of voting which took place this morning