State of Emergency declared, fresh elections called
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Just four months after coming to office Nauru President Marcus Stephen has declared a state of emergency and has called for fresh elections. Mr Stephen says his hands are tied and the only way to break the current parliamentary impasse is to dissolve parliament and hold fresh elections on April 26th. The Nauru parliament reached a stalemate on Easter Saturday when the Speaker David Adeang called a secret session of parliament without the government members. Mr Stephen says this is the only way for the country to move forward.
Presenter: Geraldine Coutts
Speakers: President of Nauru Marcus Stephen; Speaker of Parliament, David Adeang
