Vanuatu Speaker sets date for no confidence vote

(RADIO AUSTRALIA) Vanuatu's attorney-general has ruled that the opposition's second vote of no confidence in the government can go ahead.The Speaker, George Wells, has declared Friday 3rd October as the date for a special meeting of parliament to debate the motion. Consent for the debate was given after procedural errors made in the oppositions documentation for the vote were corrected. The oppostion led by Maxime Carlot Korman now claims to hold a slim two seat majority of 27 votes in the 52 member parliament. No matter which side wins the vote of no confidence, Vanuatu seems to be in for a sustained period of political instability.