Tuvalu to elect PM on Monday, four weeks after elections

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Tuvalu to elect PM on Monday, four weeks after elections

FUNAFUTI, Feb 23 — Lawmakers in Tuvalu will elect a new prime minister on Monday, the election commissioner has told AFP, a month after the Pacific nation went to the polls. Stormy weather and rough seas had prevented several MPs from travelling by boat from outer islands to the capital Funafuti to select a new leader. All 16 elected members, who won their seats in the January elections, have now reached the capital after a boat bringing the fin…