Former Prime Minister Dr Derek Sikua withdrew the bill on the floor of parliament after MPs refused to support it.
Beu said leaders of his province fully supported the bill.
And they want Lilo to take it back to parliament.
“This is a very important bill that will help bring stability to our political system,” Beu says.
He added any sections of the bill that may not attract the support of MPs should be removed.
Prime Minister Lilo had already announced plans to bring the bill back to parliament, but after further public consultations.
The Governance Office he set up was spearheading these consultations.
Director of the office Andrew Muaki said they’d conducted workshops on the issue and a lot of constructive ideas and criticisms were raised.
He said on top of those was the instability issue caused by movements of politicians from one side of the House to another.
“We have good discussions with the Temotu Provincial executives and other prominent leaders,” Muaki says.
“We are exploring these two issues afresh, thus, any talk of a ‘bill’ is premature at this stage.
“We have and will consult with the wider community in line with PM Lilo’s calls for an open and transparent government
“We envisage this will take time before any sort of bill is prepared to address various issues identified during provincial consultations.
“Our approach is different. We consult first then report back to cabinet. We then go back to the people via a National Summit to be held in Honiara later this year.”
By Elliot Dawea
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