Simple or absolute majority in Vanuatu

Dear Editor,

Further to my  letter published in Stabroek News yesterday headed `Guyana constitution requires only a majority for the no confidence motion to pass’, I wish to draw attention to this extract from paragraph 51 of the Kilman v Speaker of Parliament of the Republic of Vanuatu judgment:

“…the absolute majority is to be assessed against 51 members of Parliament of which a majority, simple or absolute, is 26.”

51 divided by 2 is 25.5 and 26 is considered a majority, simple or absolute!

Yours faithfully,

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