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Vanuatu s Supreme Court will sit on Wednesday morning to hear an urgent application from the government, which wants to remove parliament s speaker.
Prime Minister Bob Loughman and his government walked out of parliament on Tuesday after Gracia Shadrak refused to let them debate a motion to remove him.
The Vanuatu Supreme Court building in Port Vila.
Photo: RNZI / Jamie Tahana
Mr Shadrak has fallen out with the government after agreeing to a motion to hear a vote of no confidence in Mr Loughman.
That is due to be heard next Monday, but the speaker s actions prompted his colleagues to try and remove him, and Mr Shadrak said that motion will also be heard next Monday.
Sydney workers boarded a ship which has 12 Covid-infected crew on board
The ship later left for Vanuatu and one of the sailor s bodies washed up on shore
Vanuatu has banned outbound travel from its main island, Efate, for three days
The body of a Filipino fisherman was discovered near of Port Vila on April 11
Prime Minister Bob Loughman announced the body tested positive to Covid
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