The Minister for Education Hon. Aloysius Amwano made a statement on Nauru Media responding to the Hon. Marcus Stephen’s claim against the Speaker of Parliament’s action to sine die parliament on Friday 1st of March 2013.
According to Minister Amwano, he find no fault with the Speaker’s decision to sine die parliament due to the fact that the opposition party does not have the number to challenge the president’s request as they are the minority number in parliament comprising just seven members to ten against the government.
The Minister said, Mr Stephen have no right to determine and interpret the Constitution of Nauru, except have the right to file a complaint to the judge of the Supreme Court in regard to the particular article in question, as that is the Constitution.
Besides that the Minister said, Mr Stephen’s concern raised on media earlier is very apathetical along with his opinion on the Constitution, because the government still maintain the majority number in the house and the number to carry forward its business.
The Minister said the political crisis that Nauru has seen recently is not caused by members of parliament, except by the cabinet and caucus themselves, because of their personality problem on whom they prefer to be president other than His Excellency President Sprent Dabwido.
The Minister said that is why the President terminated Mr Stephen from his Ministerial post, because they threaten to overthrow the president from his position.
The Minister said what had happened is an act of insubordination. To use common sense, the parliamentarians have a leader and that is the Speaker of Parliament. So is the government the President. If you cannot work with your president, it is an honourable thing to do if you submit your resignation like Mr Keke.
In closing the Minister said their government is steady and functional.
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