Acting Prime Minister Manasseh Maelanga will be attending the Rennell and Bellona Second Appointed Day celebrations, which will be held tomorrow on the Island of Bellona.
All double registrations detected by the Biometric Voter Registration system will be referred to the police. Chief Electoral Officer, Polycarp Haununu made the statement in a recent media conference, saying the almost 6,000 double registrations will be referred to the police.
Registered voters in the Central Honiara Constituency can now begin to check their names in the Provisional List. The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission this week announced that most constituencies in Honiara and the provinces can now access their lists as of yesterday.
Provincial consultations to fine tune the Political Parties Integrity Act has started in Gizo, Western Province this week. The consultations are to examine and explore ways to further develop regulations for the Political Parties Integrity Bill 2014, which became an Act after it was passed in…
The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) has announced the Provisional Voters List has been dispatched and are heading to a total of 951 Voter Registration Centres around the country.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has left the country to officially open two of Solomon Islands newer overseas missions. A Government statement yesterday said Prime Minister Lilo will officially open the Solomon Islands embassy in Havana, Cuba and the Solomon Islands Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Registered voters will have a chance to check their names on the Provisional Voters List, starting from tomorrow. In a statement issued today, the Electoral Commission announced, Provisional Voters Lists have been dispatched and are on their way to 951 Voter Registration Centres around the country.
The People’s Alliance Party, PAP, has expressed the concern that the Political Parties Integrity Act does not disallow people from contesting as independents in elections.
A first Political Parties Commission has been established in the country. The Commission was established after Parliament passed the Political Parties Integrity Act 2014, and the subsequent appointment by the Prime Minister, when the new Act came into operation.
The Prime Minister has sent a strong warning to people who registered more than once in the recent Biometric Voters Registration system – saying, they will be caught. The recent voters registration exercise found as many as 5,000 multiple registrations.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says the central objective of the National Coalition for Rural Advancement, NCRA, Government is to develop and implement policies and reforms to advance human and economic development for the people of Solomon Islands.
A chief from Central Guadalcanal, Joe Vari claims that certain individuals are rubbishing the recently signed Tina River Hydro Project to gain support for their own political interests. Chief Vari is from the Pochebolo tribe, one of the core tribes who signed the agreement.
The current political impasse in Papua New Guinea has no effect on the Solomon Islands contingent to the 5th Melanesian Arts and Cultural Festival in the country.
The Electoral Commission has announced over 2-hundred and 87-thousand registered voters are on the newly compiled Provisional Voters List – of which, almost 6-thousand were multiple registrations.
The Western Provincial Government says it now is rock solid after resolving some misunderstandings between Assembly members which had caused weeks of political instability.
Voters in the North Malaita Constituency are questioning the legitimacy surrounding early political campaigns held in the region. SIBC’s North Malaita stringer John Andrew Kiri reports this came after the voters learned that the current Parliament is yet to be dissolved and official campaign dates…
The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission says it will be consulting local media for the first time, before developing its new code of conduct for journalists covering the upcoming national elections.
A Billy Rilangi from the Lau Baelelea constituency says he is concerned intending candidates for this year’s elections are holding political campaigns early and illegally.
A 3 days Regional Media Election Training has started in Honiara. Organised by the Pacific Media Assistance Scheme, PACMAS, the training aims to improve regional reporters understanding of the political and electoral system.
Boboa House of Chiefs in North Malaita have said they supported the call made by East Choiseul MP Manasseh Sogavare, for a quick amendment to the Electoral Commission Act to make the selling of ID cards illegal.
