A remote community in the Marshall Islands is preparing to sue the national government in a dispute over installation of household solar units.
Ebon Atoll Senator, John Silk, says Ebon residents are being penalized because the national government is "playing politics" with solar equipment donated by Taiwan that was supposed to be delivered and installed on Ebon.
But national government officials say Cabinet recently changed the priority list for outer islands solar installation.
It says the Ministry of Resources and Development and the Marshalls Energy Company are simply carrying out that decision.
But Mr Silk says the government is in breach of contract with Ebon because it offered to install another 90 units to complete an earlier partially completed installation project, if Ebon paid the 100 US dollar installation fee per unit.
He says Ebon Atoll Local Government made the 9,000 dollar payment last June, and the Marshalls Energy Company, which handles installation of the equipment, accepted the money.
Mr Silk says it has the statutory authority to sue, and its has a valid cause of action.
