This thread is for political/social events concerning those from the Pacific area like the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji.
Australia has its own thread here
. Perhaps New Zealand can be here unless someone wants to give it its own thread.
Starting this up that the Solomon Islands PM Manasseh Sogavare was able to survive a no confidence vote against him in Parliament.
Edited by MacronNotes on Mar 10th 2023 at 12:57:37 PM
Looks like Sogavare couldn't get a majority at the National Parliament. A bit of good news.
That sounds like a threat.
Sogavare's party, the Ownership, Unity and Responsibility Party, only have 15 in the NP. But they're not the majority party.
The wiki article has a good list on who's who in the SI.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Solomon_Islands_general_election
Jeremiah Manele is the new PM in the Solomon Islands. He'll continue Sogavare's work to have closer ties with China, but he's less confrontational.
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If I was a practicing Christian, I would be pretty offended by China getting labelled as having Christian values for not allowing homosexuality instead of actually following Christianity.
Never trust anyone who uses "degenerate" as an insult.