The chairman of one of the key groups involved in drafting a new constitution for Solomon Islands says once it becomes law there is likely to be less ethnic unrest.
The Constitutional Congress and the Eminent Persons Advisory Council or EPAC completed a two-month review of the Draft Federal Constitution of 2004 in June.
The document's final first draft has been released for public viewing and EPAC's chairman says it will take about a month to collate public feedback before compiling a second draft.
Sir George Lepping says the new constitution, which will legally enshrine three tiers of government, has had input from all sectors of Solomon Islands society.
"We include the youth, we include the women and previously a lot of time it's only you know politicians and all that doing it, you know, with even judges are involved in this one. So hopefully we are saying this is our homegrown constitution."
Sir George Lepping of the Solomon Islands Eminent Persons Advisory Council.
