Manasseh Sogavare has confirmed he will not be a candidate in the vote for prime minister following the April national election.
Manasseh Sogavare will not stand for renomination as Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands. Sogavare said his party would instead back former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele when politicians vote this week. The two major opposition parties struck a coalition deal on Saturday as they vie with Sogavare's party to form a government after an election delivered no clear winner.
"But that did not waver my resolve to continue to serve our people. It has not been easy." Sogavare said his government had been "under pressure from the United States and western allies" and he had been "accused of many things". "Geopolitics is at play, after we made a very important decision in 2019," he said, referring to his government's decision to switch diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to Beijing.
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