(ANSA) - SYDNEY, NOV 28 - The Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands, Manasseh Sogavare, declared that the unrest that kept the archipelago in check for over three days were "orchestrated" by the people who would like to oust him.
"It is all too clear that recent events have been planned and orchestrated to make me resign from my prime ministerial position for baseless reasons," Sogavare said in a televised speech.
The violent protests, which have set fire to parts of the capital Honiara, arose against the backdrop of poverty and unemployment, exacerbated by the new philo-Chinese policy of the Sogavare government, which cut ties with Taiwan.with which the Malaita minority had lasting and deep cultural and economic ties. (HANDLE).
