PM Manele highlights major milestones for the country for 2025
BY NED GAGAHE
PRIME Minister Jeremiah Manele yesterday moved the Sine-Die Motion in Parliament, using the opportunity to reflect on a year of major achievements, strengthened governance and renewed regional leadership for the country.
In his speech, the Prime Minister said 2025 had been “a year of significant national progress”, particularly for the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC), which coordinated several high-level engagements and reforms.
Mr Manele hailed the successful hosting of the Honiara Summit as one of the Government’s standout achievements. The event brought together regional and international partners to discuss shared priorities for the Blue Pacific.
“The Summit was delivered smoothly with strong whole-of-government coordination and showcased Solomon Islands’ capability to host major international engagements,” he said, adding it also strengthened the nation’s diplomatic standing.
The Prime Minister also highlighted the successful hosting of the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting, describing it as another defining moment for the country.
“As Forum Chair, I had the honour of guiding our regional family through discussions that reaffirmed unity, solidarity and our shared responsibility to the future of our Blue Pacific continent,” he said.
He said that Solomon Islands hosted several other key regional gatherings in 2025, including the Pacific Water Ministers’ Forum, PACER Plus Ministerial and PALM-related meetings—all of which, he said, were delivered successfully.
Another major milestone, according to the Prime Minister, was the strengthening of the Solomon Islands Independent Commission Against Corruption (SIICAC). The body now operates under its own dedicated Budget Head giving it greater autonomy and financial transparency.
The Government also stepped up support for other watchdog institutions, including, Leadership Commission, Ombudsman, Parliamentary Entitlements Commission, Political Parties Commission and Solomon Islands Electoral Commission
“These institutions are vital for transparency, accountability and integrity,” Manele said, while acknowledging that more resourcing is still needed.
He added that OPMC facilitated the appointment processes for key commissions to ensure they were fully constituted and able to perform their mandates effectively.
Manele singled out the Policy Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit (PMU) within OPMC for enhancing coordination across Government.
In 2025, PMU worked closely with ministries to align workplans and reporting structures with the Government’s priorities and the National Development Strategy.
“This improved coordination has strengthened inter-ministerial communication, ensured timely reporting and provided clearer tracking of progress,” the Prime Minister said. He noted the system allowed Government to better identify bottlenecks and improve decision-making.
Reflecting on the country’s broader development journey since Independence, Manele acknowledged that Solomon Islands continues to confront deep-rooted structural challenges.
These include: A widely dispersed geography that makes service delivery costly and logistically difficult and the complex coexistence of customary and modern governance systems, which sometimes complicate land decision-making
Despite these hurdles, the Prime Minister said the Government remains committed to strengthening institutions, improving service delivery and pursuing national development priorities.
Parliament will meet again today to continue on the sine-die-motion.
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As a citizen of this country, IAM well satisfied with what the pm have mentioned.
Those are practically the very first things that have to be fixed and I see we are now slowing but surely easing forward.
Fixing, mending all patches is not an easy job, but team work and it will be very very hard if there’s a change of government on and on.
We must bring back confidence to our investors, trading partners,ADB, world bank,etc..
There ought to be confidence and trust in our government that our foreign relations may be bear fruit or else we are out of the race in moving forward.
Change of government is not the solution in moving forward rather is about working together in unity and dedication with passion.
Passion is the fuel to drive everything forward, with out passion the wheel won’t turn.
My message for our fellow leaders is simple, we’ve done our part already voting for you guys, most of us voters used our own money for sea fares to travel to provinces to vote for you hoping that you will one day standup for our rights, our dignity and our sovereign country that our children future will good and better of from ours.
Please be passionate is all we all citizens are asking now, thnks