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Sogavare living up to his status as a Manchurian Prime Minister

 And Sogavare is Chinese Puppet The leaders of the Pacific nations met in Washington, D.C. to sign a symbolic cooperation agreement with the United States. That effort by the Biden administration to woo the governments of the Pacific came crashing down as Sogavare refused to sign the agreement. This move is not by accident. Sogavare didn't just wake up in Washington, D.C and decided, the US government didn't need his corporation. As a Manchurian Prime Minister, he acted on behalf of the Chinese government, and everything he did since arrive in the US a few weeks ago, was to please his handler in Beijing, Xin Jinping.  The Solomon Islands' embassy in New York explained that the Sogavare government wants more time to look at the agreement, study it and understand its underlying message and long-term consequences. But that is “diplomatic language” that can be translated to - NO, we are with the Chinese government and we dont' want to jeopardize that relationship. But the S

Sogavare lied to the world

 SOGAVARE LIED AT THE UNGA The Prime Minister of SI spoke at the United Nations General Assembly, attacking two important key issues he believes that are hurting his government and SI.  First, he went after what he called an effort on 'Social Media' to spread disinformation about his 'China – SI' security pact, which he signed earlier this year. In it, Sogavare claimed that most of the things said about him and his new friends, the Chinese Communist Party, were done deliberately to mislead his country and the world. As a result of that, he said the misleading information led to riots and looting, as we'd seen at the end of 2021.  Secondly, Sogavare attacked – indirectly – Australia and its allies such as the US and Britain. Choosing a foreign partner is the right of a sovereign, independent state. He argued that his government's partnership with the Chinese government is solely for the interest of the country, and decried any perception that SI was becoming an a

Hon. Peter Kenilorea Jr attended health conference in Korea

  SIBC Online : Hon. Peter Kenilorea Jr. attended and participated in the 6th Asia Pacific Parliamentarian Forum on Global Health (APPFGH) in his capacity as a parliamentarian and a member of the National Parliament of Solomon Islands Health and Medical Services Committee. Read more

Sogavare is playing Australia for sucker - an opinion

  ASPI—The Strategist: There’s a moment to realise that you’re being played for a sucker. That moment has come for the Australian government in the case of the current Solomons Islands prime minister, Manasseh Sogavare. Since the new Australian government came to power after the 21 May elections, it has engaged rapidly and deeply with Pacific island leaders and with Sogavare himself and acted in ways that  address their deeply held concerns , notably on the existential challenge of climate change. Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s  trip to the Pacific  straight off the plane from the Tokyo Quad meeting, followed by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s participation in the Pacific Islands Forum meeting and the  visit to Honiara  by the minister for international relations and the Pacific, Pat Conroy, were welcome evidence of priority and attention to the region and its leaders. Read more

Election Deferred to 2023

  Solomon Times: visit this site There has been a flurry of international media and commentary attention on Solomon Islands in recent months. Since the news broke of Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s intention to sign a security agreement with the People’s Republic of China, scrutiny of his every move and word has been intense. There have been two recent developments that have caused yet more scrutiny of the Sogavare government - the government’s intention to delay next year’s federal election and moratorium on some international ships from its ports. Once again, too much of the reporting and commentary casts these events through the overly narrow lens of geo-strategic competition. The interplay of domestic political dynamics is overlooked or oversimplified, yet it is only by understanding these dynamics that a full picture of what is happening in Solomon Islands can be drawn. Read More

Hon. Tovosia apologized and cited his marriage to a Malaitan as sign he isn't anti-Malaitan

 Member of Parliament for East Guadalcanal has issued an apology to people who may feel hurt about the statements he uttered in parliament during the second reading of the constitutional amendment bill 2022. “I apologize to the peace loving people of this country for the words I used in parliament recently,” Honorable Bradley Tovosia stated. “I understand that my statements were taken out of context to say I directed it to certain ethnic grouping, I want to put in paper that I never specifically called out any particular ethnic group,” Tovosia clarified. Honorable Member of Parliament for East Guadalcanal has issued an apology to people who may feel hurt about the statements he uttered in parliament during the second reading of the constitutional amendment bill 2022. Tovosia further clarified that he never made mention of any particular ethnic group, and that the recent riot of November 2021 has involved the rest of the country. “Although the architects came to Honiara in a ship, those

Hon. Tovosia going nuts on the floor of parliament telling people to leave Guadalcanal (Honiara)

  Hon. Braddley Tovosia (55), MP for Guadalcanal Mr. Tovosia is a Member of Parliament from Guadalcanal Province . He is one of the avid supporters of the Mr. Sogavare in his pro-Chinese agenda. In the recent parliament seating last week, he rose to his feet and berated opposition MPs and attacked so-called protesters and rioters - many of them from Malaita province. He told them to leave Guadalcanal, and Honiara. He later clarified his remarks and paid compensation to Malaitan leaders and apologized for his unnecessary outburst in parliament.  There are better ways to approach this issue. He could have addressed those rioters and people who planned to disrupt Honiara during the parliamentary seating through the 'Speaker of Parliament'. Yet, he was directly talking to Opposition MPs who are mainly from Malaita Province.  Like Sogavare, Hon. Tovosia is an aggressive, bully and a sometimes acting as if he was speaking to a bunch of gangsters, and not honourable Members representi

Sogavare is a puppet Prime Minister

  In his past three terms as a prime minister, he was considered a stubborn leader who would bully his ministers and backbenchers to bend to his will. During his three terms, he lost the majority of MPs, each time he was removed from the office of the PM and replaced by new PMs via secret ballot.  The Question is now is - why is he still in power?  The answer is, Mr. Sogavare is backed by Chinese money. The first trial of his Chinese-back government occurred at the end of 2021 when Parliament met to consider a No-Confidence Motion filed by the Leader of Opposition, Hon. Matthew Wale. After screaming and shouting on the floor of parliament led by Sogavare, the vote was heavily in favor of the Mr. Sogavare. He decisively defeated the NCM giving him time to implement his Chinese-backing agenda. 

Is Sogavare really in control of SI?

  If you put water in a glass container and watched for days, you won't see any change to the water, the clarity, depth and its movement. But if you put a hard object inside that water, it changes everything. It changes the stillness of the water, its depth, and coloring if the object is colored. Your conclusion is, the foreign object changed the nature of the water. In this analogy, your conclusion is simply - the foreign object changed everything.  Sogavare and China Since China entered SI, everything changed and continues to change. The election dates are deferred, foreign Naval ships are being subjected to new standards, reaction to foreign diplomat changed, views on human rights changed, regional security also changed, and new standard for accepting foreign money also changed. So, the new changes and be summed up this way - they come along because of the Chinese government's presence in SI. 

Mr. Sogavare is the Law

  Mr. Sogavare is the law - he changed the law of the country to suit his own political agenda. Last week, 37 Members of Parliament backed Sogavare to extend parliament term from 4 years to 5 years, simply changing the laws for his personal ambitions, in what pundits beloved was done at the behest of the Chinese government. 

This Blog is about Manasseh Sogavare

 Welcome,  This blog documents the history of Sogavare and his controversial dealings since entering politics in 1997. Mr. Sogavare is the only prime minister in the history of Solomon Islands to hold the office of Prime Minister in four different terms - 2000, 2006, 2014, and 2019 - to current.  In his first three stints, Sogavare was marred by controversies and eventually voted out of office. He became the most revered and feared politicians in Solomon Islands. He was also the first PM to take on Australia after the election of 2006 - kicking out the Australian Higher Commission to SI, and appointed a sex offender as Attorney General of SI in defiance of protestation of the 'Civil Society' and the regional partners.