Posted on 11/24/2021 9:00:15 PM PST by BenLurkin
People from the country's most populous island, Malaita, had traveled to the capital in a spillover of anger about a host of domestic issues including unrealized infrastructure promises, media reported.
As well as anger about a lack of development, the Solomons government has faced pressure over a 2019 decision to cut ties with Taiwan and establish a formal relationship with China.
As well as looting stores, demonstrators set fire to a thatched roof building on the grounds of the Parliament -- as it was sitting -- and a police station, said the Prime Minister.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) urged people attending schools and businesses around Honiara to stay home to avoid being affected by unrest.
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(As well as looting stores)
Ok
They always were the wisest islands.
Unrealized infrastructure projects? Sound familiar?
This is happening in Honiara the capital city with a pop over 80,000 located on the northwestern coast of Guadalcanal.
The current Prime Minister took a big payout from Beijing in 2019 when he dumped Taiwan in favor of the Chicoms changing which country Solomon Islands recognizes diplomatically.
ABC Australia reports Solomon Islands is talking to Australia likely about police reinforcements to deal with the situation.
They are usually Chinese owned stores...serves em right
Yeah. Sounds like...
... Bankruptcy. Economic collapse.
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