Also at the end of March, Natapei said he wouldn't bow to pressure for his resignation until the outcome of a court ruling sometime in April on whether last year's VP Congress meeting had properly re-elected him as party leader in a contest in which Kalpokas bid for the leadership.
Natapei's attempts to stave off loss of office by sacking some VP stalwarts from cabinet to make way for replacements who, a short while before were his political foes, provoked a backlash and ultimatum for his resignation from indignant VP factions.
Natapei's November ditching of then deputy prime minister Serge Vohor and his UMP was a surprise since 18 months earlier the two parties promised to stay together until the election due in 2006.
NATAPEI: Well, yeah that's a clear message to the rest of the members of parliament who are on the government side and even the ministers in the government that's a message that is quite clear in fact to the rest.
NATAPEI: Well, the fact that the Prime Minister has gone ahead and done what he wanted to do and regardless of what the Counsel of Minister has said is clear evidence that ah of the weakness of some of the ministers.
NATAPEI: Well, there are rumours that are alot of U.S dollars have been circulating in the country since the Prime Minister's return, I can't confirm anything at this stage, but that's basically the rumours are that alot of U.S dollars have been circulated and..
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