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	Alfred Maseng - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alfred Maseng Nalo (died November 18, 2004) was a politician from Vanuatu.
		Maseng had been acting president of Vanuatu from January 30 to March 2, 1994, while he was speaker of parliament and an acting president was needed in the interval between the expiration of a president's term and the next presidential election.
		In the fourth round of balloting on April 12, Maseng defeated the government's candidate, Kalkot Mataskelekele, by a vote of 41 to 16, and was sworn in immediately.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alfred_Maseng_Nalo (277 words)

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	www.elresearch.com /Alfred (139 words)

	Kalkot Mataskelekele - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He had previously been a candidate in the presidential election of April 2004, and was backed by the government of Edward Natapei.
		However, after several inconclusive rounds in the electoral college, he was defeated by Alfred Maseng.
		After the impeachment of Maseng and a parliamentary election, a new election was held on August 12, 2004, which was inconclusive and was continued on August 16.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kalkot_Mataskelekele (206 words)

	Roger Abiut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After becoming the Speaker of Parliament in 2003, he became acting president on March 24, 2004, when the five-year term of President John Bani expired.
		He served in that position until April 12, when a new president, Alfred Maseng.
		Maseng was removed as president on May 11, 2004, and Abiut became acting president again.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roger_Abiut (185 words)

	Norwegian War History - Arno's Collection Of Articles On
		Maseng had a particular eye to Scandinavia and Norway and therefore paid attention to the conflicts between the small vs. big states.
		Maseng was frozen out of the Anglo-American oriented Norwegian establishment after WW II, due to his Continental sympathies - and in spite of his loyalty to the Government.
		Maseng var styremedlem i og leder for flere bedrifter og var medlem av flere offentlige kommisjoner.
	arno.daastol.com /history (4700 words)

	Former President Maseng Nalo dies
		The State Office is preparing for the President of the Republic to attend a state funeral in honour of late Alfred Maseng Nalo who passed away in the northern district hospital on Thursday night.
		Late Alfred Maseng Nalo was elected Head of State on April 12, 2004 and served for three weeks before he was deposed by a Supreme Court decision on the grounds that he was serving a suspended court sentence.
		Even having served the State Office over only a few weeks and for being an Acting Head of State during his term as Speaker of Parliament, late Maseng is regarded by President Mataskelekele as the fifth Head of State and a well-respected state leader that deserved a state funeral.
	www.news.vu /en/news/national/041121-former-president-maseng-nalo-dies.shtml (334 words)

	Nalo ‘sixth President’
		The Head of State, Kalkot Matas Kelekele has said that despite his legal disqualification as President, he regarded the late Alfred Maseng Nalo as the sixth President of Vanuatu.
		President Kelekele made the remarks in his official statement when opening the second ordinary session of parliament to explain the reason for requesting a full state funeral for the late Alfred Maseng Nalo who died on November 18.
		“I regard Mr Alfred Maseng Nalo as the sixth President of the Republic of Vanuatu, because he held that office for 25 days, from Easter Monday (this year) to the date when the Supreme Court disqualified him from Presidency in May 7.
	www.news.vu /en/news/national/041201-nalo-sixth-president.shtml (295 words)

	The Head Heeb: More creative constitutionalism
		Vanuatu's ombudsman, Hannington Alatoa, says the country's newly elected president could grant a pardon to himself in a bid to remain in office.
		Alfred Maseng Nalo was sworn in a week ago amid claims his criminal record should have disqualified him as a candidate.
		Mr Nalo is serving a two-year suspended sentence over convictions for aiding and abetting, misapproproation and receiving property dishonestly.
	headheeb.blogmosis.com /archives/024641.html (291 words)

	Radio Australia - Pacific Beat - Stories - VANUATU: PM dissolves parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		After a turbulent 24 hours of politics, Vanuatu is now run by a caretaker government and does not have a Head of State.
		The country's Supreme Court has removed the President from the position after the State Law Office successfully challenged the validity of Alfred Maseng Nalo's election.
		Meanwhile the PM has this week chosen to dissolve parliament rather than contest a vote of no confidence.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/pacbeat/stories/s1106565.htm (105 words)

	Laetoday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		In his first address following his election, he called on the Government, churches, traditional chiefs and citizens to unite to develop the country, whose major industry is tourism.
		His predecessor, Alfred Maseng Nalo, had been elected in April this year, but was deposed in May when it was revealed he had been convicted of fraud in 2003.
		Mr Kelekele said unity and peace were vital as Vanuatu prepared to celebrate its 25th year as an independent state in 2005.
	www.postcourier.com.pg /20040818/pacific04 (218 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Vanuatu elects new president
		He pledged to unite the archipelago ahead of next year's 25th anniversary of the nation's independence from joint colonial rule by Britain and France.
		Mr Mataskelekele's predecessor, Alfred Maseng, was deposed in May when a past conviction for fraud came to light.
		Mr Mataskelekele was elected on Monday night by Vanuatu's 58-member electoral college, which is made up of lawmakers and local leaders.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3572134.stm (238 words)

	Samoa election candidate charged with assault
		The Vanuatu State Law Office has called for a judicial review of the election of President Alfred Maseng.
		Mr Maseng was elected on Easter Monday but it has since been revealed he has a criminal record.
		There is also the possibility that as President Mr Maseng may pardon himself of the conviction.
	www.rnzi.com /pages/news.php?op=read&id=9678 (143 words)

	u-landsnyt.dk - Din kilde til u-landsnyheder
		Former prime minister Barak Sope was sentenced in 2002 to three years imprisonment for forging government guarantees, yet a year later he was elected in a by-election.
		President Alfred Maseng Nalo was elected in 2004 as he was serving a two-year suspended sentence for corruption.
		The Indian government issued a resolution on whistleblowers in April 2004, which, though welcome, is weaker than the draft law written by the Indian Law Commission and currently under examination by the government.
	www.u-landsnyt.dk /nyheder.asp?ID=4995 (2982 words)

	ABC Asia Pacific - News - Vanuatu court overurns presidential election
		Alfred Maseng Nalo became president on Easter Monday but has been removed on orders sought by Vanuatu's state law office.
		The application for the orders was made after it was revealed Mr Maseng had been serving a suspended sentence for several crimes including receiving stolen goods.
		Radio New Zealand International says the electoral commission in Vanuatu has issued writs for a new presidential vote before the end of the month.
	abcasiapacific.com /news/stories/asiapacific_stories_1105857.htm (127 words)

	April 2004
		Vanuatu: In the first round of presidential elections, no candidate wins the necessary two-thirds majority in the electoral college, the government-backed candidate Kalkot Mataskelekele winning 26 votes and Alfred Maseng 21.
		A second round is conducted on April 10 and is again inconclusive (Mataskelekele 32, Maseng 21).
		Voting continues on April 12; the third round gives 36 votes to Mataskelekele and 20 to Maseng and in the fourth round Maseng is elected with 40 votes against 16 for Mataskelekele.
	www.rulers.org /2004-04.html (1756 words)

	Eleven Pacific countries at ninth EPS seminar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The ministers say by the end of August, around 100 troops will remain in the Solomons, where they will continue to work with and protect the local civilian police force.
		Alfred Maseng, who was elected President of Vanuatu in early April, has been removed from the position by the country’s Supreme Court a month after being elected.
		After his election on Easter Monday, it was revealed he was serving a suspended sentence for three crimes, including receiving stolen goods.
	www.antenna.nl /ecsiep/bulletin/bull12-2/9.html (2856 words)

	The World Today - Vanuatu's new President has a criminal record
		SEAN DORNEY: Politics in the Pacific is never dull.
		Just days after being elevated to the Presidency of Vanuatu, the new President, Alfred Maseng Nalo, is facing calls for his immediate dismissal.
		Mr Nalo, a former politician, is currently serving a suspended sentence for having been convicted for aiding and abetting, misappropriation and receiving property dishonestly.
	www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2004/s1091132.htm (620 words)

	Islands Business - Vanuatu: STOP BICKERING AND UNITE --PRESIDENT
		Not only is his conversation interlaced with references to God and things spiritual, the 56-year old University of Papua New Guinea trained lawyer believes the “good spirit” had a hand in his appointment as the country's sixth President.
		That is if you count his predecessor Alfred Maseng Nano's short-lived term of 25 days.
		It was revoked after it was discovered that a previous criminal record disqualified him from the high office.
	www.islandsbusiness.com /archives/islands_business/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace=MiddleMiddle/focusModuleID=5093/overideSkinName=issueArticle-full.tpl (1712 words)

	Samoa election candidate charged with assault
		The election of President Alfred Maseng Nalo has caused a constitutional crisis after it was revealed shortly after his win at Easter that he is currently serving a suspended sentence for receiving stolen goods.
		Council chief executive Jenny Ligo blames the Electoral Commission, for not checking thoroughly, the President’s eligibility to stand as a candidate.
		However Radio New Zealand International has been told that the commission did check with the police, but was not told of the convictions against President Alfred Massing Nalo.
	www.rnzi.com /pages/news.php?op=read&id=9577 (184 words)

	'All-Star' Rupert Boneham wins million dollar viewer prize, as 'Survivor 9' heads for Vanuatu - Reality TV World - ...
		In April, a new president, Alfred Maseng, was sworn in -- but the Vanuatu Supreme Court ousted him from office on May 10, a result of the fact that he was serving a suspended sentence for several crimes at the time of his election and thus was ineligible to be president.
		After his removal, the speaker of Parliament - a member of the opposition to Maseng - became acting president.
		In response, Masang's allies managed to gather enough signatures to hold a vote of "no confidence" in Prime Minister Edward Natapei and collapse the government, which had ruled for two years.
	www.realitytvworld.com /index/articles/story.php?s=2561 (807 words)

	Melanesia in Review: Issues and Events, 2004: Vanuatu
		The Electoral Commission, which is a separate body that administers all official elections in Vanuatu, cleared thirty-one candidates as eligible to be appointed president, and voting began on 8 April.
		The fighting and factionalism within parliament created a stalemate after the first round of voting, with Kalkot Matas Kelekele, the government's preferred candidate, receiving 26 votes, and Alfred Massing Nalo, the preferred candidate of the opposition, receiving 21 votes (VDP, 9 April 2004).
		After five days the government chose to join the opposition in order to ensure stability, and Nalo was appointed president.
	archives.pireport.org /archive/2005/August/08-24-tcp-van.htm (3294 words)

	Vanuatu Post
		Alfred Maseng Nalo was sworn in a week ago amid claims his crim...
		The Straits Times Leaping off a building is not most people's idea of fun, but that's New Zealand for you.
		Go Asia Pacific Vanuatu's newly elected President Alfred Masing Nalo is under pressure from women's groups and the m...
	archive.wn.com /2004/04/30/1400/vanuatupost (581 words)

	Pacific Islands: PINA and Pacific
		The Vanuatu electoral college has been unable to decide on a new president to replace Alfred Maseng, who was deposed in May when his criminal background was revealed.
		The motion was a subject of discussion by the leaders.
		The election of Alfred Maseng took four rounds of voting and lasted longer than a week.
	www.pacificmagazine.net /pina/pinadefault2.php?urlpinaid=12518 (515 words)

	Pacific Islands
		Jerry Niklam was named the new Finance Minister.
		Vanuatu's Parliament also voted for a new president, a former speaker Alfred Maseng.
		Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court has ruled the election of Sir Pato Kakaraya as Governor-General null and void, and ordered Parliament to elect a new person to the position.
	www.pacificislands.cc /pm52004/pmdefault.php?urlarticleid=0014 (885 words)

	May 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Taiwan: Lee Chieh is named to become defense minister in the new cabinet that takes office May 20 when President Chen Shui-bian begins his second term.
		Vanuatu: President Alfred Maseng is removed from his position by the Supreme Court.
		The speaker of parliament, Roger Abiut, again becomes acting president.
	manic-raven.com /rulers/2004-05.html (1298 words)

	November 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The new cabinet is sworn in on November 19.
		Vanuatu: Former acting president (1994), foreign minister (1995-96), and president (2004) Alfred Maseng dies.
		Turks and Caicos Islands: Richard Tauwhare is designated as governor, to take office in June/July 2005.
	64.33.17.104 /rulers/2004-11.html (1947 words)

	Laetoday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		PORT VILA: The Vanuatu Electoral College has been unable to decide on a new president to replace Alfred Maseng, who was deposed in May when his criminal background was revealed.
		College voting was reported to be divided between five candidates.
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	www.postcourier.com.pg /20040816/pacific03 (102 words)

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		Vanuatu has elected Kalkot Mataskelekele its new president, three months after Alfred Maseng was deposed for having a prior conviction for fraud.
		Despite the political turmoil, Vanuatu has not seen the civil strife such as that in Fiji or other neighboring countries.
		Dennis Ross, "The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace" Farrar, Strauss and Giroux
	www.terrorismcentral.com /Newsletters/2004/082204.html (6042 words)

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