Cook dinner Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown survived on Wednesday (Feb 26) a vote of no confidence in parliament introduced by the opposition over offers he struck with China that strained relations with New Zealand.
Members of parliament voted 13-9 to defeat the movement launched by the Cook dinner Islands United Social gathering. Two members abstained from voting.
The federal government holds 14 seats within the 24-seat unicameral parliament whereas the opposition holds 10.
Opposition lawmaker Teariki Heather, who moved the movement to oust Brown’s cupboard, mentioned: “We need to stand on our personal two ft and make our personal choices, however there’s an enormous ‘however’ there.
“Who has supported us in the course of the previous? Our relationship with New Zealand.”
Brown visited Beijing this month to strike a strategic partnership with China spanning training, the economic system, infrastructure, fisheries, catastrophe administration and seabed mining.
His dealings set off alarm bells in New Zealand, with which it has constitutional ties, as a result of issues about China’s rising presence within the area and the potential threats to the nation’s nationwide safety.
