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CHOGM 2013 Boycott by countries hits sour note in SRI LANKA

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Australia was represented by Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop in Sri Lanka for the “Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting” popularly known as the CHOGM SUMMIT

At this CHOGM meeting held in SRI LANKA , many countries decided to boycott the CHOGM  meet.

India’s refused to attend the meeting due to human rights concerns.

The Meet was also boycotted by Canada, and Mauritius in protest against alleged war crimes committed by the Sri Lankan government.

The UK Prime Minister David Cameron also laid a ultimatum to the Sri Lankan government for a probe into the charges of human rights violations and war crimes in the island nation.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he’s boycotting the talks because of Sri Lanka’s refusal to address alleged human rights abuses by the military during the country’s civil war

What is CHOGM ?

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is a biennial summit meeting of the heads of government from all Commonwealth nations. Every two years the meeting is held in a different member state

Queen Elizabeth II, who is the Head of the Commonwealth, has attended every CHOGM beginning with Ottawa in 1973.

The last CHOGM was held in Western Australia , Perth between 28th to 30th Oct. in 2011 and the next one in 2015 is to be held in Malta.

Results: Liberals win Australian Elections 2013

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The Australian elections 2013  is over   with the Liberals winning the election and  as  the new PM has announced  “The country is under new management”.

kevin rudd defeted by tony abott 2013 elections result australia

After  a long term by John Howard, its Tony Abbots turn to take the mantle  for the liberals.

More than 14 million people were registered to vote in Saturday’s election. Voting is compulsory in Australia.

Elections results 2013 Australia

The Coalition (TONY ABOTT –Liberals) won the election with a national swing of 3.5 per cent, seizing a swathe of seats in Tasmania, Victoria and across New South Wales.

The House of Representatives contains 150 seats, 76 are needed for a majority and the coalition got  85 seats  with Labor taking 54 seats.

Mr Abbott began his first day as the nation’s leader with a bike ride and has since held a series of briefings with public servants. Outgoing PM Kevin Rudd earlier admitted defeat and said he would not stand again for the Labor leadership.

Australian elections 2013 in news

 

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Tony Abbott: Australia’s pugnacious new prime minister

He may have run a gaffe-prone campaign against the bookish Kevin Rudd, the incumbent Labor prime minister, but his knockabout style, which harkens back to older, safer times, proved popular with an electorate exhausted by years of Labor infighting.

 

Australian election sweeps conservative leader Tony Abbott to power

Abbott, a former boxer, Rhodes scholar and trainee priest, promised to restore political stability, cut taxes and crack down on asylum seekers arriving by boat.

 

Tony Abbott wins, but does Australia care?

Weeks before Saturday’s vote, the Liberal-National (i.e. conservative) coalition Tony Abbott leads commanded such a margin in the polls that the incumbent Labour party overthrew their own prime minister, Julia Gillard, and replaced her with Kevin Rudd, who Labour had overthrown three years previously when his popularity began to wobble.

 

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange missed out on a Senate seat in Victoria, where the final place was claimed by Rick Muir of the Australian Motoring Enthusiasts Party.