Sofu survives petition case

Member of Parliament for East Kwaio, Hon. Stanley Festus Sofu has won the petition case filed against him at the High Court.

Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer dismissed the petition case at the High Court today.

The High Court Registry confirmed, Mr. Sofu won the case filed by Petitioner, Alfred Sasako.

High Court statement says, so far, the Court has made its ruling on 10 petition cases.

Out of the 10, two MPs have lost their cases while six MPs have won their petition cases adding, one case has been withdrawn and another struck off by the Court.

The two were MP for Central Honiara Constituency, John Moffat Fugui, and MP for North East Guadalcanal Constituency, Lency Jamie Wokia.

A total of eighteen cases are yet to be dealt with.