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Koli Joins Grand Coalition For Change Government


By Chris Leua

Koli Joins Grand Coalition For Change Government

Member of Parliament for East Guadalcanal, MrJohnson Koli was sworn in this afternoon as Minister for Communications, Aviation and Meteorology.

Mr Koli is the latest member of the Parliamentary Opposition to join the Government following the mass resignation from the government of eight ministers and a government back-bencher on 10 November.

Former Communications, Aviation and Meteorology Minister, Patrick Vahoe, who has also defected from the Government side, has already rejoined the government side earlier, and was sworn in as Minister for Fisheries and Marine Resources.

Members of Parliament who were recently sworn in as ministers are Patrick Vahoe, Trevor Olovae, Martin Magga, Martin Sopaghe, Peter Boyers and Johnson Koli

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