Former President and Minister for CIE
the Hon. Marcus Stephen appeared on Nauru Media expressing his concern and
disappointment against the Speaker of Parliament the Hon. Ludwig Scotty for adjourning
the house sine die on Friday 1st of March 2013.
Mr Stephen said he regret having this
interview as he has personal respect to the Speaker of Parliament, but he is
doing it not just for his party, but really on behalf of all the members of
parliament, since they have been denied the right to challenging the president’s
decision to dissolving the 20th parliament.
Mr Stephen said the proper way to handle
the president’s request is for the speaker to allow the members of parliament to
challenge the president’s request under Article 41 of the Constitution of
Nauru.
He said the speaker’s
decision to 'sine die' parliament is unconstitutional and maybe challenged in the
Supreme Court, because the speaker is determining the matter by himself rather than
leaving it to the elected members.
Mr Stephen said he feared that the country
may be run by a dictator president and speaker of parliament should this matter be left unresolved.
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