{"id":6885,"date":"2020-02-07T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=6885"},"modified":"2023-08-06T10:33:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T00:33:13","slug":"its-election-year-in-vanuatuthings-could-get-interesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/its-election-year-in-vanuatuthings-could-get-interesting\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s election year in Vanuatu\u2026things could get interesting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/tess-newton-cain\/\">TESS NEWTON CAIN<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Into the already febrile political chatter of Port Vila in this election year came the announcement on Wednesday that several outgoing MPs may face bribery charges. There are also reports that the outgoing Prime Minister, Charlot Salwai Tabismasmas may face a charge of perjury. The <em>Vanuatu Daily Post<\/em> has reported that the court will hear a preliminary inquiry on <a href=\"https:\/\/dailypost.vu\/news\/date-set-for-ps-criminal-case\/article_00650ed4-4793-11ea-b800-63be8dc78152.html\">25<sup>th<\/sup> February<\/a> in relation to the bribery charges to determine if there is sufficient evidence to justify going to trial. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailypost.vu\/news\/caretaker-pm-says-he-was-never-served-with-charges\/article_81d55ef4-485d-11ea-808b-3b8c3b6abbf6.html\">Salwai claims<\/a> that despite receiving a summons, he has no knowledge of the charges against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country goes to elections on 19<sup>th<\/sup>\nMarch. The electoral authorities are currently receiving nominations for\ncandidates for vetting. The candidate list will be announced on 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\nMarch, which is when the campaign period officially begins. There is every\nchance that all of the people who have been charged in this bribery case will\nalso be contesting in the elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The charges <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/international\/pacific-news\/395405\/vanuatu-opposition-leader-files-criminal-complaint-against-pm\">originate\nwith complaints laid last year<\/a> by then-leader of the Opposition, Ishmael\nKalsakau. He is also a former Attorney-General (a public service position in\nVanuatu). It hinges on Salwai\u2019s offering \u2018Parliamentary Secretary\u2019 positions to\nbackbenchers as a way of keeping the government intact in the face of a motion\nof no confidence. Kalsakau has claimed that this is bribery. He has pointed to\nthe 2015 case, which saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/international\/pacific-news\/286695\/vanuatu-shaken-by-mass-corruption-convictions\">fourteen\nMPs jailed for bribery<\/a> as a precedent. The charge of perjury relates to\nevidence given by Salwai during related civil action. it is not clear which of\nthe two cases that were heard last year relating to the legality of the\nappointments forms the basis of the perjury charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should this progress to trial, running an\nelection campaign whilst simultaneously defending criminal charges will likely\nrequire multi-tasking skills of a high order. Whilst facing charges is no bar\nto contesting, it will no doubt cause something of a distraction. This will be\nmost notable in Port Vila and other urban areas that have access to news media,\nincluding via the internet. If the case proceeds and there are convictions, the\ntiming means that there could be one or more bye-elections should newly won seats\nbecome vacated. If this happens, it will cause more distraction and be costly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under Vanuatu law, a parliamentary seat is\nvacated if the sitting member is convicted of an offence and sentenced to a\nperiod of imprisonment of more than two years. It is possible that should\nconvictions arise from these charges, there will also be grounds for\nprosecutions under the <em>Leadership Code Act.<\/em> As we saw in the 2015 case, sanctions\nunder this legislation include a bar on standing for public office for a period\nof ten years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The upcoming elections have been the number\none topic of conversation for quite some time. This development will no doubt\ngenerate a fair amount of media coverage. Yesterday on Facebook, Kizzy Kalsakau\n\u2013 a veteran journalist \u2013 posted that she had been \u2018summoned\u2019 by the outgoing PM\nfurther to yesterday\u2019s front page on this issue. This is concerning in the\ncontext of <a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/media-repression-in-melanesia\/\">increased\nattention on media freedom<\/a> in Vanuatu, and Melanesia more generally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, whether it has a significant effect on how people vote in the elections is not so clear cut. Particularly in rural constituencies (such as Salwai\u2019s in Central Pentecost) voters\u2019 concerns are likely to be much more focused on what a candidate has\u2014or hasn\u2019t\u2014delivered by way of services and infrastructure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author label\">AUTHOR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tess Newton Cain<\/strong>&nbsp;is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Griffith Asia Institute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TESS NEWTON CAIN\u00a0 |\u00a0 Into the already febrile political chatter of Port Vila in this election year came the announcement on Wednesday that several outgoing MPs may face bribery charges. 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