The Speaker of the Solomon Islands parliament, Sir Peter Kenilorea has launched legal proceedings against the attorney general and the governor general over their failure to appoint a new Ombudsman.
Sir Peter says he has turned to the courts after the governor general failed to follow the recommendations of a select panel set up to choose the new ombudsman.
Sir Peter, the country's first prime minister and a former governor general, says he hopes to set things right by going to the courts.