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Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 8 June 2013.〔(Nauru calls emergency for early elections ) Adelaid Now, 27 May 2013〕 After Parliament was dissolved on 1 March,〔(Nauru awaits election date with parliament set to be dissolved ) PINA, 1 March 2013〕 the elections were set for 6 April.〔(Nauru parliament dissolved and election date announced ) RZNI, 11 March 2013〕 However, a Supreme Court ruling annulled the dissolution and cancelled the elections.〔(Supreme court orders cancellation of Nauru election ) RZNI, 15 March 2013〕 Parliament was dissolved again on 23 May, approximately one month before the normal end of its mandate, and elections were set for 22 June 2013,〔(Nauru calls June 22 election ) 9 News, 23 May 2013〕 however President Sprent Dabwido declared a state of emergency and brought the election forward to 8 June.〔 Parliament first sat on June 11 and Fisheries Minister Baron Waqa, the leader of the government forces, was elected president.〔http://au.news.yahoo.com/latest/a/-/latest/17554592/baron-waqa-named-as-new-nauru-president/〕 ==Background== In February 2013 a constitutional crisis developed after two cabinet members resigned and a third was sacked by President Sprent Dabwido, leaving just two members in the cabinet, whilst the 18-member Parliament split into three factions.〔(Nauru MP Alleges Government Has Lost Mandate ) Pacific Islands Report, 20 February 2013〕 On 1 March Parliamentary Speaker Ludwig Scotty dissolved Parliament due to unruly behaviour by MPs,〔(Nauru’s Speaker dissolves parliament ) Politics Abroad, 1 March 2013〕 and elections were set for 6 April. Former President Marcus Stephen, who was one of the cabinet members to leave in February threatened to bring a legal challenge against the dissolution, claiming it had been carried out in an unconstitutional manner as MPs had not been given the chance to challenge the dissolution.〔(Nauru MP could bring legal challenge over parliamentary adjournment ) Radio New Zealand International, 1 March 2013〕 When Stephens and seven other MPs did take the matter to the Supreme Court, it ruled that the adjournment had been carried out unconstitutionally.〔(Nauru court rules parliament illegally adjourned ) RZNI, 7 March 2013〕 However, a government spokesman claimed that the Court had no power to force Scotty to reconvene Parliament.〔(Nauru parliament adjournment risks constitutional crisis ) RZNI, 7 March 2013〕 In mid-March the Supreme Court ruled that as the dissolution was null and void, the writ issued for elections in April was also null and void.〔 Speaker Scotty resigned on 18 April and was replaced by Godfrey Thoma on 25 April. Thoma announced on 16 May that Parliament would be dissolved a week from that date.〔(Nauru MPs fail to topple president ) RNZI, 16 May 2013〕 Speaker Thoma dissolved Parliament on 23 May and set elections for 22 June.〔 On 27 May 2013 President Dabwido declared a state of emergency and re-set the election for 8 June 2013.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nauruan parliamentary election, 2013」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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