Solomon Islands to elect new PM on June 28

SYDNEY, JUNE 18. The Solomon Islands Parliament will meet on June 28 to elect a new Prime Minister, leaving the troubled Pacific nation rudderless for atleast another 10 days, reports from Honiara said today.

The Governor-General Sir John Ini Lapli said Parliament would reconvene on Wednesday - the last possible day in a two-week schedule laid down by the outgoing Prime Minister, Bartholomew Ulufa'Alu, when he resigned last week.

Nominations will open on June 23 and close on June 26 to find a candidate suitable to both parties in the ethnic conflict that has left 60 people dead since early last year. Sir John told the Solomons Islands' broadcasting corp.

- AFP

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