STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOSSYDNEY - Vanuatu's parliament speaker has appealed a court decision that found a vote of no-confidence in Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau had been won by opposition parties, prolonging a political crisis in the Pacific Islands nation.
Vanuatu's Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the vote in parliament was won by the opposition party, but stayed action to remove Kalsakau until Monday, to allow for an appeal. Loughman, who drew Vanuatu closer to China as the previous prime minister, has said the security pact with Australia compromised Vanuatu's"neutral" status and could jeopardise development assistance from China, its biggest external creditor.
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