MUZZLED ALEXANDRIA, VA. Want to know what it's like to live in a country in the process of becoming a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) vassal state? Let's see what happened to two Solomon IslandersCelsus Talifilu and Daniel Suidani over the last five years, so you can understand why they were arrested just over a week ago. And why it matters.
In 2019, Mr Talifilu was working as Policy Coordinator for the office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet of Solomon Islands.
A good job. An important job.
Then the newly elected Prime Minister of Solomons, Manasseh Sogavare, decided to switch the country's diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China. Talifilu was so concerned about the decision he quit and went to his home province, Malaita.
Malaita had recently held elections and a former school teacher, Daniel Suidani, was the new Premier. Suidani and his government were also concerned about the growing influence of the PRC-Talifilu joined them.
And they did something about it.
DAVID TELLS GOLIATH 'NO THANK YOU'
On October 17, 2019, the Malaita Province Government (MPG) issued the Auki Communiquenamed for the capital of line it made them one of the biggest threats faced by Beijing. It announced: "MPG strongly resolves to put in place a Moratorium on Business Licences to new investors connected directly or indirectly with the Chinese Communist Party." The Communique gave a range of reasons why, including that the MPG "acknowledges the freedom of religion as a fundamental right... and therefore rejects the Chinese Communist Party CCP and its formal systems based on atheist ideology".
Other concerns included "the need to be free from unwarranted interference of persons and therefore reject any notion of a police state" and that the extraction and use of resources must be fair, equitable and sustainable.
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