Speaker Marcellino Pipite was convicted of corruption on Friday but used his temporary presidential powers to absolve himself and parliamentary colleaguesThe president of the South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu has vowed action against the parliament’s speaker who used his powers as acting president while his boss was absent to pardon himself and 13 MPs from corruption charges.
On his return, president Baldwin Lonsdale told reporters he would “clean the dirt from my backyard”.
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Source: theguardian.com