Prime Minister of Vanuata, Edward Natapei, arrived in Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday.

On Friday, he lost his seat in the Parliament of Vanuata, a tiny island in the Pacific.

Natapei was fired for attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) currently taking place at the Hyatt regency hotel in Port of Spain.

According to the standing orders, Natapei forfeited his seat in Parliament after missing three consecutive sittings without notifying the Speaker.

Natapei missed the extraordinary sessions of parliament being held in Vanuata to debate the budget, because of his trip to this country to attend CHOGM.

On Friday, CHOGM was officially opened in this country by Queen Elizabeth II.

On that very day, Vanuata’s Speaker, Maxime Carlot Korman, told Vanuata’s Parliament that MPs will need to elect a new Prime Minister by next week.

Korman said there will also be a by-election for the Port Vila seat left vacant by Natapei.

Korman told Vanuata’s Parliament that Natapei had not informed the Speaker’s office that he would not be attending Parliament.

Korman was a former prime minister of Vanuata. Natapei was elected Prime Minister on September 22, last year.

Reports state that the week before Natapei left Vanuata to attend CHOGM, he had expelled two coalition parties from the Government, saying that the level of support they were offering was unsatisfactory.

Both the National United Party (NUP) and the Vanuata Republican Party (VRP) were banished by Natapei.

As a result of the re-shuffle by Natapei, Korman, the Speaker of Parliament and head of the VRP, was set to be dismissed from his position.

However, Korman could only have been removed as Speaker at the next ordinary sitting of Parliament which is scheduled for December 7.

Up to last night Natapei was said to be still in attendance at CHOGM.

This was confirmed by both the liaison and security officials responsible for him while he is in Trinidad and Tobago.

Natapei arrived in Trinidad onboard a New Zealand Air Force Boeing 757 jet along with New Zealand PM John Key and other heads of State attending CHOGM.

It is not certain when he is scheduled to leave.