A good chunk of the government's revenue comes from the businesses that have been destroyed. |
Chinatown is basically burned down, there are only a couple of shops left standing. Right up to this morning looting is still continuing. |
I can't say its normal, but its quiet. |
It is generally calm. People are still going to the burned out shops and trying to pick up what they can, but there are more police out on the streets now. |
It's not surprising as many people would rather vote in their village constituencies. Many candidates have bought or hired boats to take voters back to their villages to vote. |
Mobs and looters have been hurling rocks and bricks at passing patrol police vehicles. |
Some Solomon Islanders have been resentful of the Chinese. |
Some Solomon Islanders have been resentful of the Chinese. (The Chinese) were taking up all the businesses in town and all the staff and prices were increasing unreasonably. |
The protesters were shouting yesterday that this was a Chinese government because the president of the party that Snyder Rini belongs to is a naturalized Chinese ... so they were saying this is a Chinese-backed government. |
There is a lot of fear. People are just hoping the military will calm things down. |