Meeting On the BSII
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Political Steps
From a Honiara Correspondent A LOT of people here ar interested in finding out ju: what the general reaction is to th Government proposal to elect for th first time eight unofficial members t the Solomon Islands Legislativ Council.
Nobody really has much idea, bi there will be a testing of publi opinion in late January when a Selec Committee of the council sits i Honiara to take evidence from th public.
Individuals and representatives c large bodies have been invited t unburden themselves.
The decision to establish the Selec Committee was made in the Legisls tive Council in December, after ther had been protests from unofficis members who considered the term of reference for the committee wer too limited. The terms were nc changed but there is a general hop that enough of the public’s view wr be forthcoming to make the gathei ing of information worthwhile.
At present Legco members ar appointed.