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Nauru's parliament elects Lionel Aingimea as president amid refugee crisis | Nauru's parliament elects Lionel Aingimea as president amid refugee crisis |
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Nauru’s new president, Lionel Aingimea, says he will be like a “father of the nation”, guiding and protecting the South Pacific island’s 12,000 people. | Nauru’s new president, Lionel Aingimea, says he will be like a “father of the nation”, guiding and protecting the South Pacific island’s 12,000 people. |
Aingimea won the vote for presidency on Tuesday, 12 votes to six, against the former finance minister David Adeang. | |
The former president Baron Waqa, who has led the nation for the past six years, lost his bid for re-election at last weekend’s poll. | |
Aingimea said the people of Nauru were like “children that need protecting and guiding”. | |
“My vision for Nauru is for us to work together, all members of parliament, because everybody has a contribution,” he said. “Everyone has ideas, everyone needs those ideas to be voiced and, when they need to be tempered, to be tempered. | “My vision for Nauru is for us to work together, all members of parliament, because everybody has a contribution,” he said. “Everyone has ideas, everyone needs those ideas to be voiced and, when they need to be tempered, to be tempered. |
“That’s my vision that we work together as a unit, for the prosperity and the betterment of Nauru.” | “That’s my vision that we work together as a unit, for the prosperity and the betterment of Nauru.” |
President Aingimea wants unity for Nauru https://t.co/08hmgBvgDB #Nauru #unity pic.twitter.com/QBaLyTcVJz | President Aingimea wants unity for Nauru https://t.co/08hmgBvgDB #Nauru #unity pic.twitter.com/QBaLyTcVJz |
In 2015 he attracted controversy as secretary of justice for overseeing Nauru’s ban on Facebook and other websites. He will announce his cabinet on Wednesday. | In 2015 he attracted controversy as secretary of justice for overseeing Nauru’s ban on Facebook and other websites. He will announce his cabinet on Wednesday. |
The outgoing president’s support was critical to Nauru hosting one of Australia’s asylum seeker detention facilities on the island. | The outgoing president’s support was critical to Nauru hosting one of Australia’s asylum seeker detention facilities on the island. |
The parliamentary election was held on Saturday. Seven thousand people voted to choose the 19-member parliament. | |
Aingimea will inherit a humanitarian crisis for almost 300 refugees remaining on Nauru, with the Nauruan government accused of blocking some medical care to refugees and the Australian government attempting to repeal medevac laws. | Aingimea will inherit a humanitarian crisis for almost 300 refugees remaining on Nauru, with the Nauruan government accused of blocking some medical care to refugees and the Australian government attempting to repeal medevac laws. |
On Friday a 36-year-old Pakistani refugee set himself alight. | On Friday a 36-year-old Pakistani refugee set himself alight. |
Medevac laws allow for doctors to arrange for the urgent medical transfer of a refugee from Nauru or Manus Island to Australia. In February the Nauru government passed laws that prevented residents of Nauru from being granted a medical transfer to Australia if the referral was based on an online consultation, which is common in the treatment of refugees. | |
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