Sunday 11th November.

29 days to go.

Rememberance Day. Went in to work and completed my administration. As per ususal for no apparent reason there was no internet connection. The link was up the computer was working and my laptop was in contact.

In the evening there was a new bulletin that interupted normal programmes.

A group of polititians made up of Ministers, Backbenchers and the Opposition leaders had petitioned the Governor General to recall Parliament for a vote of no confidence in the PM. The 28 petitioners were a majority of the Parliament. This means that the PM is ruling by minority.

The PM held a press conference and said that only Parliament can dismiss him and he was not resigning. He is collecting numbers for a fight. He also included in his statement that the former Minister of Finance was removed from his position because of irregularities in the Portfolio relating to disbursement of funds. He also went on accusing other members of a raft of accusations.

In answer to this the former Finance Minister held his own conference. He stated that everyone was fed up with the style of the PM and his demeanor. He accused the PM of using his staff, in this case his nephew, who holds some status as Office manager of the PM or some such, of interfering in the Ministries. (This is the person who was dispatched by the PM to get Moti out of New Guinea) The claim is that the nephew would visit and place pressure on Ministers and Senior Public Servants to make certain decisions. (Reflections of Delores Umbridge here I think!)

Further counter allegations were also made. Nothing to do now until we can read about things in the Solomon Star tomorrow. Luckily the cricket was on so I could watch that.

I have bought some large quantities of water, tinned food, fruit and other supplies. We are sure to be confined to our rooms until the situation is sorted out. I would prefer to be at Parliament House to see the action. I have been told it would be too dangerous. Still, I will try to see if I can find out!