Nauru resloves eight month stalemate. Eguide
Nauru’s state of emergency, designed to keep government services operating during a political deadlock, was lifted on Monday with the re-election of Marcus STEPHEN as president. STEPHEN defeated opposition parliamentarian Milton DUBE in an 11 to 6 vote. Parliament indirectly elects presidents in Nauru but for the past eight months, neither of the two major factions has been able to form a majority in the eighteen-member parliament. The government called snap elections in April and June, but both failed to give either side a majority. There are no formal political parties in Nauru, but Parliament has been evenly divided between supporters and opponents of STEPHEN. The stalemate was broken in a deal that made opposition lawmaker, and former president, Ludwig SCOTTY, Speaker of the House.
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