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Those who have been fortunate to visit Vanuatu will know what a beautiful place this South Pacific archipelago of islands is. Yet, with a population of less than 50,000, they are extraordinarily well organised.
Take, for example, their parliamentary code. Under Vanuatu law members of Parliament who miss three consecutive sittings without submitting written explanations for their absence forfeit their seats.
Prime Minister Edward Natapei forgot all about this rule and found this week while attending the Commonwealth Summit that he had not only been stripped of his parliamentary seat but his position as Prime Minister.
He has gone rushing back to Vanuatu and will now have to face a by-election to be re-elected member of Parliament and be voted back in again as Prime Minister.
What a shame we don’t have the same rule in Britain!
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Those who have been fortunate to visit Vanuatu will know what a beautiful place this South Pacific archipelago of islands is. Yet, with a population of less than 50,000, they are extraordinarily well organised.
Take, for example, their parliamentary code. Under Vanuatu law members of Parliament who miss three consecutive sittings without submitting written explanations for their absence forfeit their seats.
Prime Minister Edward Natapei forgot all about this rule and found this week while attending the Commonwealth Summit that he had not only been stripped of his parliamentary seat but his position as Prime Minister.
He has gone rushing back to Vanuatu and will now have to face a by-election to be re-elected member of Parliament and be voted back in again as Prime Minister.
What a shame we don’t have the same rule in Britain!
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