Giff Johnson, Editor, Marshall Islands Journal / RNZ Pacific correspondent
Majuro - In its first parliament session Friday following the vote for the new Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-General earlier this week, government and opposition MPs lined up to express unhappiness with the result. But no one advocated pulling out from the regional organization.
The Marshall Islands parliament during its opening session of 2021 in January.
Photo: Eve Burns
The operative word from most of the MPs who spoke Friday in Majuro was for the government to "re-assess" its relationship with the Forum following the defeat, by a 9-8 vote, of Marshall Islands' Ambassador to the US, Gerald Zackios. He was endorsed by all five Micronesian area heads of state as the candidate for the sub-region.