Sunday, January 30, 2011

Opposition condemns gunshot

[Solomon Star News, MONDAY, 31 JANUARY 2011] - The Opposition has condemned a gun-firing incident against the North West Guadalcanal MP, Heinz Bodo Dettke and the East Honiara MP Douglas Ete on Saturday night.

A man was said to have fired a gun shot in the air from a vehicle between 9pm and 9:30pm outside the ITA workshop opposite Burns Creek where the two parliamentarians were standing.

Opposition Leader, Steve Abana said the unidentified man also swore at Mr Dettke and Mr Ete for switching to the Opposition before the vehicle he was travelling aboard sped off.

Mr Abana said the incident is appalling and bears a negative implication on the Danny Philip-led National Coalition for Reform and Advancement Government.

He said the least the people of Solomon Islands expect of the NCRA Government is to thrive on the ignorance of a few people of certain ethnic groups for political expediency.

Mr Abana said Mr Dettke and Mr Ete resigned from the NCRA Government and joined the Opposition because they have soundly judged that the Danny Philip-led regime is not serving the interest of the nation but rather that of its own and its cronies.

The Opposition Leader meanwhile calls on the police to investigate the incident and the relatives and constituents of the North West Guadalcanal MP and the East Honiara MP not to take the law into their own hands.
Police have been informed of the incident and are now investigating it.

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