31.   Without enough votes to stop the bills from becoming law, opposition legislators had held the parliamentary speaker captive the past week, preventing him from convening the session.

32.   Dzhavadov and his men want a special parliamentary session convened and have demanded the resignation of several government members.

33.   The presidential majority officials insisted that an extraordinary parliamentary session could be convened only by absolute majority and the impeachment process begun only by two-thirds majority.

34.   The Vanuatu Supreme Court, confirmed by the Court of Appeal, had convened the session to debate the no-confidence motion.