Prime minister Sogavare’s office claims country does not have resources to host Pacific Games and an election at same time, raising outcry from opponents
has been submitted to its parliament, officials said, prompting concern from opposition politicians.
The prime minister’s office said in July that Solomon Islands did not have the resources to host the Pacific Games and hold an election in 2023.National elections are held every four years, and parliament is due to be dissolved in May 2023. “There is concern in churches, business and communities,” Douglas Marau, the opposition leader’s press secretary, said, adding it was “nonsense” to amend the constitution for a two-week sporting event. “There have been consultations held and the negative response to the government’s plan is very clear.”
Sogavare switched Solomon Islands’ diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to Beijing in 2019, after being elected that April.
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