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Vanuatu's opposition party boycotted parliament on Thursday and said it would lodge a court challenge to the defeat the previous day of its bid to remove Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau. Kalsakau ...
Politics of Vanuatu. The politics of Vanuatu take place within the framework of a constitutional democracy. The constitution provides for a representative parliamentary system. The head of the Republic is an elected president. The prime minister of Vanuatu is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government.
Vanuatu's parliament elected Sato Kilman as the nation's new prime minister on Monday after a court upheld a vote of no-confidence in the nation's former leader and amid China-US rivalry in ...
Vanuatu's President Nikenike Vurobaravu has rejected a request to dissolve the Pacific Island nation's parliament after political leaders agreed to withdraw a no-confidence motion against the ...
The president of Vanuatu (French: Président du Vanuatu) is the head of state of Vanuatu. The president is elected for a five-year term by an electoral college consisting of Parliament and the presidents of the regional councils. The president's role is mostly ceremonial. The Constitution grants the president the ability to appoint the chief ...
Politics of Vanuatu. A constitutional referendum was held in Vanuatu on 29 May 2024, [ 1][ 2] the first time a referendum has been held in the country. [ 3] Voters were asked whether they approve of two proposed amendments to the constitution aimed at reducing instability within Parliament. The proposed amendments are accompanied by the passing ...
Vanuatu Prime Minister Sato Kilman won't attend a Pacific Islands summit with U.S. President Joe Biden next week, an official from his office told Reuters, because all government lawmakers need to ...
Nikenike Vurobaravu (born 3 December 1951 [1] [2]) [3] is a Vanuatuan diplomat and politician who has served as President of Vanuatu since 23 July 2022. Previously having been employed in numerous diplomatic and government positions, including as the first resident High Commissioner to Fiji, he was elected as president during the eighth round of the 2022 Vanuatuan presidential election in July ...