VANUATU’S Prime Minister, Jotham Napat, survived a no confidence motion last week by 36 votes to 12.
Earlier, the Speaker of Parliament disallowed the Opposition motion for a vote.
But the Vanuatu Court of Appeal ruled that the Speaker’s earlier move not to allow the opposition’s motion to proceed was unconstitutional.
Opposition leader Ishmael Kalsakau spoke on the motion. Once it became clear that he did not have the support of a majority of MPs, Kalsakau withdrew the motion.
With the failed motion, Napat’s coalition government should be able to complete its term.
Vanuatu’s government consists of the Vanua’aku Party (VP), Leaders Party of Vanuatu (LPV), Graon mo Jastis Pati (GJP), and Reunification Movement for Change (RMC).