Solomon Islands MPs picked a new Prime Minister on Thursday after the national election finished in political deadlock. Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele defeated opposition leader Matthew Wale after the result of a secret ballot of 50 MPs, local media reports.Manele, who succeeded former prime minister Manasseh Sogavare as leader of the Coalition for National Unity and Transformation, gained 31 votes ahead of Wale's 18.
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