Transparency Solomon Islands says a controversial security MOU being brokered between Honiara and Beijing is yet another sign of a leadership crisis in the country.
The Pacific country has drawn criticism from Australia and New Zealand after a draft copy of a security agreement being brokered with China was leaked last week.
Transparency's chief executive in Honiara, Ruth Liloqula, says locally there have been no consultation around the move and people are anxious about intentions of the prime minister Manasseh Sogavare and his Our Party led Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement.
She joins me now.
Solomon Islands prime minister Manasseh Sogavare (right) with Li Ming, China's first ambassador to the Solomon Islands. Photo: George Herming - Government Communications Unit
