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Solomon Island’s caretaker prime minister Manasseh Sogavare says he will not seek a fifth stint as PM following this month’s national election. His party had won the most seats but fell short of the number needed to govern in its own right. Dr Tess Newton Cain, Project Lead for the Pacific Hub at the Griffith Asia Institute tells The World’s Beverley O’Connor it’s not surprising to see Mr Sogavare pull this surprise out of the bag at such a late stage. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ABC News content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC News on Facebook: http://facebook.com/abcnews.au Follow ABC News on Instagram: http://instagram.com/abcnews_au Follow ABC News on Twitter: http://twitter.com/abcnews Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia