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Anna · Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 93

I thought Lilo breached cabinet protocol on this one. When a decision is passed by cabinet, the convention is, all are responsible for it. You cannot reveal who said what in the discussions to the public - it is unethical. What is the guarantee that Lilo bae no kickim leg blong Sikua next time somethings does not go his way?

OPPOSITION leader Manessah Sogavare has denied his last government wasted $3.5 million on a failed bid for US aid funding.

Last year Mr Sogavare's government applied for funding from the US Millennium Challenge Fund.

His former finance minister Gordon Darcy Lilo claims Mr Sogavare forced cabinet to accept the service of a consultant, hand-picked by him, but who achieved very little.

"And they have paid a lump sum of USD$500,000 ($3.5 million) and produced a lousy job for Solomon Islands," he said.
But Mr Sogavare has denied the Solomon Islands' funding bid was a failure.

"Work on the Millennium Challenge project has been put on hold until a new president has been elected," he said.
The Millennium Fund was created four years ago by US President George W Bush to fund infrastructure projects in the third world.
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AK47 · Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 233

How could you accuse Lilo when the one initiated the discussion (criticism if you will) pertaining to things discussed and passed during Sogavare's term, is Soga himself? Don't you think though that at some points during this exchanges, everything discussed and passed bae kamaot?
If Lilo's assertions were responses to Soga's claim then I don't think he broke any rule at all. Plus, it would be unethical if Lilo was still under oath in the Sogavare cabinet. Now hem no part long hem so hem no berekem eni unethical laws long tingting blong mi!
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