Politics Archive May 2010
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Election Date Invalid: Government House
Government House says the power to announce the date for the next general election rests with the Governor General and no one else under section 24 of the National Parliament electoral Provisions Act.
PM Unofficially Announces Election Date
Solomon Islands will go to the polls on August the fourth.
TRC Urges Victims to Come Forward
A Truth and Reconciliation Commission Counselor says counseling is an important part of the healing process for victims of the recent ethnic tension.
Attorney General Clarrifies Call for Revoking Ministers
The Solomon Islands Attorney General, Gabriel Suri says the C-NURA government has constitutional legitimacy to continue in office after parliament's dissolution regardless of financial concerns raised by the Peoples Power Action Party.
2010 Elections Expect Huge Voter Turn Out
The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission yesterday met to finalize a date for the general elections earmarked for either July or August.
Outgoing Parliamentarians Urged to Return Vehicles
A fourteen (14) day period issued to outgoing MPs to return government vehicles was due over the weekend and the Ministry of Infrastructure Development is seeking legal advice from the Attorney General's Chambers to retrieve the vehicles.
Usa Urged Not to Mislead Public
An intending candidate for North West Guadalcanal constituency, Joseph Nielsen, has called on former MP Siriako Usa not to politicize the High Court Order of 29th April 2010 asking him to disclose how he expended constituency funds when he was MP for North West Guadalcanal.
Court Orders MP to Disclose Use of Public Funds
The High Court has issued an order for the former member of Parliament for North-West Guadalcanal, Siriako Usa, to produce documents to show how he spent public funds meant for the constituency.
