Chronology of Oceania : The thematic eventsof2010 in
Oceania.
Policy
Elections
February 27 :
Nauruan constitutional referendum in
Nauru. The proposed amendments (which would allow the election of the President of the Republic at the direct vote, rather than indirect) were rejected by 67% of the expressed votes.[1]
April 24 :
Nauruan parliamentary election in Nauru. It was anticipated elections, to 'unblock' a Parliament where the presidential government and the opposition each benefited of nine deputies out of eighteen. The eighteen outgoing deputies were however renewed, keeping the country in a political doubt state.[2]
August 21 :
Parliamentary elections in
Australia. The prime minister
Julia Gillard, replacing
Kevin Rudd at the head of the country following an inner sling in the Labour party, aimed to legitimate her status obtaining a mandate from the citizens, via anticipated elections. The Labours got 72 seats out of 150 at the House of Representatives, as much as the liberal opposition, but could form a government with the support of a green deputy and of three unlabeled deputies.[3]
25 novembre :
Parliamentary elections in the
Tonga. The citizens were led, for the first time, to elect a majority of the deputies. Up to now, the 'People's Representatives' formed a minority at the Parliament, alongside Nobility' Representatives and members of the executive appointed by the king and sat at the Parliament.[4]
Chronology of Oceania : The thematic eventsof2010 in
Oceania.
Policy
Elections
February 27 :
Nauruan constitutional referendum in
Nauru. The proposed amendments (which would allow the election of the President of the Republic at the direct vote, rather than indirect) were rejected by 67% of the expressed votes.[1]
April 24 :
Nauruan parliamentary election in Nauru. It was anticipated elections, to 'unblock' a Parliament where the presidential government and the opposition each benefited of nine deputies out of eighteen. The eighteen outgoing deputies were however renewed, keeping the country in a political doubt state.[2]
August 21 :
Parliamentary elections in
Australia. The prime minister
Julia Gillard, replacing
Kevin Rudd at the head of the country following an inner sling in the Labour party, aimed to legitimate her status obtaining a mandate from the citizens, via anticipated elections. The Labours got 72 seats out of 150 at the House of Representatives, as much as the liberal opposition, but could form a government with the support of a green deputy and of three unlabeled deputies.[3]
25 novembre :
Parliamentary elections in the
Tonga. The citizens were led, for the first time, to elect a majority of the deputies. Up to now, the 'People's Representatives' formed a minority at the Parliament, alongside Nobility' Representatives and members of the executive appointed by the king and sat at the Parliament.[4]