MAJURO â 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 by Eve Burns The operative word from most of the members of Parliament or MPs who spoke Friday in Majuro was for the government to âre-assessâ its relationship with the Forum following the defeat, by a 9-8 vote, of Marshall Islands Ambassador to the United States Gerald Zackios. He was endorsed by all five Micronesian area heads of state as the candidate for the sub-region.