Thursday 22nd November.

18 days to go.

Well, whatever it was that had me feeling unwell is back. I think it may be some sort of tummy bug. The most likely thing is that it is being kept under control by the doxycycline I am taking for malaria. I wonder what it would have been like if I had stopped taking the Doxy? Others who come here for a while say they have side effects from the doxy and so they stop taking it. They prefer to get treatment if they contract malaria. One of the side effects is being unable to focus and concentrate and repeating yourself.

Others who come here for a while say they have side effects from the doxy and so they stop taking it. They prefer to get treatment if they contract malaria. One of the side effects is being unable to focus and concentrate and repeating yourself. Luckily I have not seen any evidence of these effects and I will continue to take the Doxy.

All the former MPs who left the Government to join the Opposition have had to return their Government vehicles. They did this yesterday. Further allegations have also been made about who is corrupt and what they have been doing. It is interesting to see the polarisation of the power brokers in the Solomons. The GG announced in this mornings SS that he does not have the power to recall Parliament. It seems to me to be something lacking in the Constitution. If the GG cannot take action, either to dissolve or recall Parliament why is he there? I wonder if anyone has thought to see if he can sack the Government and invite someone to form another, do a Kerr, in fact.

If my reader is too young to recall Kerr, he was the GG of Australia who sacked the Whitlam Government. The SICA, which is the Religious group who represent Christianity in the Solomons, went to see the GG and to call for his intervention, has been attacked by the PM for interfering in Politics and for not being neutral. This is being rebuffed by SICA who explained that they went to see the GG, so why is the PM calling them biased? How could they be seen to be taking sides by calling for the GG to end the current situation by recalling Parliament? SICA said they just want the situation to end quickly so the Solomons can return to their other problems and to avoid the violence of the past.

Looks like the PM has set his stall, if you are not with me you are agin me! No neutrals allowed.
The weather has changed, it has rained on and off over the last couple of days. No violent storms, just non stop rain.

I voted today. We have been able to vote from last Monday, 13th November, but I waited until today as that gave me almost 2 weeks to look forward to something, how sad is that? When I went swimming after work it was during a heavy shower. It was still 30 degrees though.