Solomon Islands refuses Australia’s offer to help fund election as ‘foreign interference’
by Kate Lyons from World news | The Guardian on (#63B18)
Manasseh Sogavare calls Australia's offer an assault on our parliamentary democracy' after saying his country had to delay elections because of cost
The prime minister of Solomon Islands has responded furiously to an offer from the Australian government to assist with funding for the national election, calling it foreign interference".
Manasseh Sogavare's government added that the timing of the offer from Australia was inappropriate" coming at a time when a bill to defer the elections ... is now before the National Parliament of Solomon Islands for deliberations".
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