By Loretta B Manele

Not withdrawing the Motion of No Confidence would have allowed us to hear the full story, the other side of the story and the end of the story.

Harry Kuma, minister for the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration (MCILI) raised this whilst contributing to the Sine Die Motion in parliament just last month.

He was referring to the Motion of No Confidence that was recently put against Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele by Central Honiara MP, Gordon Darcy Lilo.

Kuma stressed that although the number might not be there to win the motion but what is important is not withdrawing the motion would allow for a debate on issues of concern that would have been taken on board, looked at and improved.

He pointed out that through such discussions, they could hear about what went wrong, what the concerns were and this would have given the other side of the house to clear the doubts or correct what is being said on the floor of parliament.

Kuma said that there is a process of continuous improvement that is part of our governance that this parliament started off.

“One example is the PAC which has the process where we can exchange views and ideas and questions and answers in parliament”

Kuma said their debates, perhaps the motion of no confidence could have been a climax of a continuous process of trying to find out ways to improve the ways they govern themselves or the way they manage their affairs.