Provincial Elections

Political Instability
Hi! there is still an uncertainty in the political situation in the country, following the national election early this year. The election of the Synder Rini as Prime Minister and subsequent riot was the start to the instability. The laying of charges on the East and Central Honiara MPs for allegedy causing the riot followed. Then there was the expulsion of the Australian High Commissioner to Honiara, the forming of the Commission of Inquiry into the riot and the appointment of lawyer Julian Moti as Attorney General. The fate of the MPs is yet to be decided and the country is still without an Attorney General and Solicitor General.

Provincial Governance
The political uncertainty continues at the national level and definitely having a nation wide effect on the country. At the provincial level, six out of the nine provinces in the countries are preparing for Provincial Assembly elections in Decmeber. They are Isabel, Central, Guadalcanal, Malaita, Temotu and Rennell-Bellona.

Here is a brief time table of the provincial elections.
1. Central/Isabel - Teusday 5th December
2. Guadalcanal/Temotu - Tuesday 5th December
3. Malaita Wards 1 to 5, 32 & 33 - Tuesday 5th December
4. Malaita Wards 6 to 30 - Monday 18th December
5. Rennell/Bellona - Tuesday 19th December

MyBlog hopes to bring to you coverage of the provincial elections. Meanwhile, catch you at the next posting.

Joe.