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Alick Maemaebambae ino plei

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Kalsakau and Kaltongga

question statement on

coup by TIV boss

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Letters to editorPage 6

Environment,

Forestry and lagoon

residents work...Page 8

By Godwin LigoLeader of opposition,Edward Natapei, has said

ministers who support West

Papuas stand for politi-

cal freedom should resign

in protest after the accept-

ance of Indonesia into the

Melanes ian Spearhead

Group (MSG) as an Observ-

er- which did not reflect a

recent Council of Ministers

decision and the national

parliaments stand on the

issue.

My understanding was

that the Council of Minis-

ters passed a resolution just

before the MSG meeting in

Suva that Vanuatu will not

accept Indonesia into the

MSG even in observer sta-

tus.

It is my understand-

ing also that that Coun-

cil of Ministers Meeting

was cha ire d by the Dep u-

ty Prime Minister and the

then Acting Prime Minister

Ham Lini Vanuroroa.And then the Pr ime

Minister Honorable Sato

Kilman has gone ahead to

support other MSG leaders

at the Suva MSG meet-

ing in granting Indonesia

an Observer status , Oppo-

sition Leader Natapei told

Daily Post yesterday morn-

ing.

The Leader of Opposition

questioned if the Council of

Ministers is divided over the

issue.

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Opposition urgesministers to protestBy Len Garaet h e a c t i n g p r i m eMinister and Minister of

Trade and Tourism, Ham

Lini, has terminated Acting

Director General of Public

Utilities Jotham Napat yes-

terday.

Napat who is the Direc-

tor of Vanuatu Meteoro-

logical Service said the

Act ing Prime Min ister has

the authority to terminate

him but that his letter did

not specify any reasons for

his termination.

He said he understood that

his termination was in line

with a request from the Min-

ister of Public Utilities Harry

Iauko to terminate him.

It is not clear who is going

to replace him but Napat said

he has started a number of

projects in the ministry which

he hopes his successor will

continue to develop to their

completion.

One of them is the ongo-

ing repair of the notoriouspotholes along the streets of

Port Vila.

This project is continu-

ing at present and I hope my

successor will continue with

them until they are all com-

pleted, he said.

In an earlier interview

Napat had promised to tar

seal the potholes in prepa-

ration for a planned inter-

national conference which is

expected to take place in Port

Vila in June of 2012.

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Acting

PrimeMinisterterminatesActing DG

Prime Minister Sato Kilman is expected to return this weekend after the MSG meeting

in Suva, Fiji, where he is expected to clarify issues surrounding the West Papua issue

as well as other resolutions of the MSG.Here Kilman (left) is with his counterpart and

chairman of the MSG Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama at the Vale ni Bose complex in

Fiji. Picture: ATU RASEA (Fiji Times)

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