Drop the charges Vanuatu's president is away on business

By Euronews

Published on 14/10/2015 - 19:26

While the president’s away the speaker will play. The speaker of the Vanuatu parliament has pardoned himself and 13 other MPs of corruption charges

While the president’s away the speaker will play.

The speaker of the Vanuatu parliament has pardoned himself and 13 other MPs of corruption charges while standing in for the boss who is away on business.

Vanuatu in political chaos after lawmakers pardon themselves http://t.co/NCS4H8cysr pic.twitter.com/qV0QBX00dg
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The slippery move has thrown the South Pacific nation into constitutional chaos.

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