Malaita Premier wants national government to speed up reconciliation

Malaita Provinicial Premier Richard Na'amo Irosaea says his executive has had a fruitful discussion with the Minister for National Unity, Peace and Reconciliation, Sam Iduri, last Friday.

Mr Irosaea says during the preliminary discussion they talked about issues relating to inter-island and communities reconciliation programmes.

"What we agreed on is that we should speed up the reconciliation so its out of the way so that all of us get down to rebuilding our nation and economy. If the differences keep hanging over our heads, our thoughts will continue to dwell on the past, and I don't think it's good for anybody and especially our nation."

The Malaita Premier says as a newly formed government, it will be submitting to the Ministry of National Unity, Peace and Reconciliation it's views on the long process to reconciliation.

Mr Irosaea says overall his government wants to see reconciliation is completed and out of the way, so that Solomon Islands can continue as before the social unrest.

Source: SIBC