BY LORETTA B MANELE

Gordon Darcy Lilo, Member of parliament for Central Honiara constituency has been lauded for withdrawing the Motion of No confidence against Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele.

Rick Hou, Member of parliament for Small Malaita constituency acknowledged Lilo for withdrawing the motion whilst speaking in parliament on Tuesday, May 6th.

He thanked Lilo for the wisdom to take the action of removing the motion of which he expressed was like removing an uncertainty that probably almost became a certainty.

Hou said now they can feel a bit at ease and give time for new ministers to settle down in their ministries.

He also mentioned the movement of members of parliament.

Hou stressed that there are MPs who want to join the government, those who want to join the Opposition and then there are also those who want to go outside.

He emphasized that this is something they have to set right so that those who want to go everywhere don’t go anywhere.

Hou also extended his gratitude to the public for their support ands prayers throughout the period of time leading up to the motion.

“I’d like to join the Prime Minister and Leader of Opposition to acknowledge the support of the public.”

Hou thanks the public for ensuring that the situation of country is steady as in such times, people can feel frightened.

He said schools had to miss the day’s lessons and several business houses also closed for the day,

“We want to thank the general public for understanding the situation.”

He noted that now the country should be back to normalcy.

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