Vanuatu's Speaker of Parliament Esmon Saimon, has appealed the Supreme Court ruling against the government bill to legalise the creation of the position of parliamentary secretaries.
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The Head of State, President Obed Moses Tallis, had sought the legal clarification: he wanted to know if the creation of the parliamentary secretaries - as a second tier ministerial posts - needed a national referendum.
The Chief Justice, Vincent Lunabek, ruled the creation of the posts was unconstitutional without a national referendum.