The new President is supposed to swear in the new government, the second within a fortnight. It is arranged with due pomp and ceremony that goes with such occasions. But the Speight nominees failed to arrive at the swearing in, and so do a few other nominees. Five minutes before the ceremony is due to begin it is announced that the President is indisposed. That's the official story.
Insider information gives a different story.
There would be a considerable loss of face. Speight puts on a bolder face for his last day in the decaying parliamentary grounds. He denounces the proposed government. A car is burnt outside the Parliament complex. Eight cars inside the complex are set alight during the time the government swearing in ceremony is scheduled to take place.