Bayrou blindsided even his allies by calling a confidence vote to end a months-long standoff over his austerity budget, which foresees almost 44 billion of cost savings to reduce France's debt pile. Opposition parties across the board have made it clear they will vote against his minority government, making it highly improbable he will get enough backing to survive - he needs a majority of the 577 MPs in the National Assembly.
Samoa's first female leader, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, has failed to win a majority in the Pacific nation's elections this week, capping months of political infighting. Official results published by the electoral commission on Friday showed the opposition Fast party won 30 out of the 50 contested seats in parliament. That means Fast's leader, La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt, is most likely to be sworn in as prime minister.
Yunus announced that he would write to the chief election commissioner requesting that national elections be arranged before Ramadan in February, marking the transition to an elected government.
The first political tremor came around 7 a.m. on Thursday, when Foreign Minister Laura Sarabia decided to publish her resignation letter after a disagreement with the head of state over a tender for printing passports.
"This alleged involvement incited the population against a community residing in the same locality. Messages were circulated, notably on social networks, calling on the population to arm themselves against other citizens."
