Vanuatu parliamentary changes likely following election

The voters in Vanuatu have thrown out at least one third of the sitting members of parliament.Sean Dorney reports 18 of the 49 MPs who recontested their seats appear to have been beaten.A number of the new members are younger people who campaigned for change upsetting high profile losers like the finance minister Willy Jimmy. "What have the young ones got or given for the people of Vanuatu? What experience have they got?" he said.Vanuatu's Electoral office is refusing to release any official figures and it's advising people to rely on the unofficial figures collated by the local media. The Daily Post and Vanuatu's public broadcaster have slightly varying figures but both agree Vanuatu's oldest party the Vanu'aku Party has done best, winning at least ten of the 52 seats.

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