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The Tofino Times
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Monday, November 4th, 2019

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[/hr]VOL. XXXII .. Num. 6312 | In the News: SENATE APPROVES DATE FOR VOTE OF NO-CONFIDENCE

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SAKZI ANNOUNCES SENATE'S APPROVAL FOR VOTE OF NO-CONFIDENCE DATE
Senate will vote on Saturday, November 9th, with Bishop in Attendance

[color=#FF0000]BREAKING NEWS



Speaker of the Chamber, Foley Sakzi, announced on Monday evening that the Senate had voted on and approved a date for a vote of no-confidence, though the vote wouldn't occur immediately. The approval passed 79-21 and will be officially voted on November 9th - a Saturday. Under rules of no-confidence voting, the party under vote (in this case, President Anya Bishop) has to be present and standing in the Senate Chamber for the procedure of the vote. Because of the extensive flux of the Senators and Congressmen alike who have voted to condemn, and now to go forward with no-confidence voting, it is believed that the President's chances to stay above a vote are slim.

Speaker Sakzi said that he hopes the Senate will "vote along their genuine beliefs and personal moralities rather than party lines." This is notable because the Speaker and the President are members of the same party: the Blue Conservative Party. The Speaker has consistently spoken out against the President over the course of her administration, and is even running against her in the Presidential race for 2020. Depending on the outcome of Saturday's vote, the future of both the President's and Speaker's political careers are uncertain.

President Bishop has still not made any public comments following Saturday night's protests. Her team has been actively working to down play the political crisis, but Bishop's rare bout of silence is not helping her case, according to several Senators who voted for the approval today.

Possible outcomes could be that following a potential no-confidence passing and the announcement of Bishop's exit from the Presidency is that the early election will be handed to Sakzi's hands, in which case, he will remain Speaker. Another possibility is that Sakzi will throw himself into the ring of potential candidates for an early election and that he, as the current leader in polls, will be elected and become President. However, his position as Speaker of the Chamber is a unique and powerful one that he may not be keen to give up until September 22nd, 2020.

The Tofino Times will continue to follow this story.

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