Vanuatu’s parliament dissolved

Prime Minister Bob Loughman

Vanuatu’s new President, Nikenike Vurobaravu has dissolved the country’s parliament just over halfway through the current four-year-term.

President Vurobaravu signed the instrument for the dissolution of parliament on Thursday afternoon on the eve of a proposed motion of no confidence in the prime minister that was to have been tabled this morning.

Now-acting prime minister Bob Loughman, has welcomed the president’s decision and called on all Vanuatu citizens to respect it.

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Loughman is already in campaign mode saying by law they must hold an election between 30 and 60 days from now.