This is a CBSI in the world. I'm John Bachelor. To the Solomon Islands in

Oceania, a significant change in leadership and a significant change in leadership and a

change in the balance of power between the People's

Republic of China and pretty much everybody else including Aukas in the

U.S. I welcome Cleop Pascal my guide on Oceania for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy's.

Cleo, the Prime Minister long-standing So-Gare, stepped aside for running for PM in the national

elections for the Solomon Islands.

However, I learned from you that his foreign minister was put forward as one of the two possible candidates.

The foreign minister has now won the runoff in the parliament, the national parliament this man

manelli is characterized as pro-China or China friendly what does that mean for

the soloments for oceania good evening to you good evening so the outcome of

the vote popular vote itself was a very clear vote for change.

They wanted a change from this government of Soagavari. They lost over half of their members of parliament.

But when it got into the parliamentary assembly to vote amongst the people who were voted in

for the Prime Minister, it would be like members of Congress

voting one of their own to be the President, that's sort of how the system works.

They managed, reportedly with a lot of Chinese money to sway independence and others to select

this man, Manelli.

He is very polished low-key diplomat who was one of the point guys for the relationship

with China during the soggguari administration. He was involved in

everything from the switch from Taiwan to China to signing the security deal all of the nitty gritty of the negotiations, if there were

any, and the administration of this deal.

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