2010 Nauruan presidential election

Indirect presidential elections were held in Nauru on 1 November 2010 following the parliamentary elections held on 28 April 2010 and the repeated elections on 19 June 2010. The election was attempted to be held on 3 June 2010 and then on 4 June 2010, but failed both times.[1][2] Another attempt was set for 6 July 2010 after incumbent president Marcus Stephen agreed to step aside to facilitate Aloysius Amwano's election as speaker.[3] Rykers Solomon, an opposition MP, joined the government on 6 July 2010, but Amwano nonetheless refused to allow a motion to elect the president, suspending parliament until 8 July 2010.[4] Amwano was subsequently dismissed by president Stephen[5] and replaced by deputy speaker Landon Deireragea.[6]

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By 30 July 2010, parliament still had not sat since the sacking of Amwano, and president Stephen extended the state of emergency by another 21 days.[7] The emergency situation has been extended several times since, and will now continue into October.[8]

The deadlock was finally broken when former president Ludwig Scotty accepted the nomination to become speaker,[9] and Stephen was elected over opposition MP Milton Dube in a secret vote with 11 to 6 votes on 1 November 2010.[10]

References
  1. "Nauru's newly elected Speaker delays vote for President until Thursday". Rnzi.com. 1 June 2010. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  2. "Further delay in Nauru parliament". Rnzi.com. 3 June 2010. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  3. "Nauru to make fresh attempt to choose president". Rnzi.com. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  4. "Nauru Government breaks parliamentary deadlock but Speaker blocks vote". Rnzi.com. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  5. "Nauru speaker removed as deadlock continues". Wellington: Radio New Zealand International. 8 July 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  6. "Nauru parliament sits briefly again amid Speaker void". Wellington: Radio New Zealand International. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  7. "Nauru's State of Emergency extended for another 21 days". Wellington: Radio New Zealand International. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  8. "Nauru emergency extended until October". Wellington: Radio New Zealand International. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  9. Campbell Cooney (1 November 2010). "Nauru ends political deadlock". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
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