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On 17 February 2005, Donald Kalpokas, former Prime Minister of Vanuatu and founder member of the nationalist Vanua'aku Pati, presented a seminar in the State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Project/Centre for the Contemporary Pacific series, addressing recent developments in Vanuatu politics. He charted the fading fortunes of the Vanua'aku Pati which governed from independence in 1980 until 1991, when a succession of leadership challenges and factional squabbles resulted in its fragmentation. And he offered a salutary reminder of the damaging effects the political appointees have had on 'good governance', and how this has led to the marginalisation of young, university educated ni-Vanuatu from taking up positions in government.
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