to the escape, including breaching PNG's constitution. Somare has sought to suppress the Inquiry's report, challenging the Inquiry's standing in PNG's National Court. As yet the Court has not ruled on the validity of Somare's challenge to the public release of the Commission of Inquiry's findings, with the presiding judge likening Somare's attempts to suppress the findings of the report as a scandal on par with Watergate. The Howard government in Canberra insisted that in its pursuit of Moti there is no political agenda with respect to ongoing issues between it and the Solomon's government of Manasseh Sogavare, while Prime Minister Sogavare insisted that Moti's arrest constituted a violation of Solomon Islands' national sovereignty, and Mr Moti himself has described the charges as a politically motivated "witch-hunt". Sogavare faced much criticism from the former Howard government for his refusal to allow the extradition of Moti. Sogavare and Sir Michael Somare stated that they considered that the Australian Government were politically persecuting Moti and that a new trial was uncalled for as the issue was "unconditionally concluded in Vanuatu in 1999" and the Australian government had failed to produce any new evidence to justify an extradition. On 10 July 2007, the then-Prime Minister Sogavare appointed Moti as Attorney General of the Solomon Islands. The Government of SI subsequently sent 666 questions to Australian Director of Public Prosecutions, Damian Bugg , regarding the affair. The 666 questions can now be read online. Extradition from the Solomon Islands to Australia In December 2007, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Sogavare was toppled in a vote of no confidence. It has been suggested that Sogavare's refusal to extradite Moti was the main cause of the Prime Minister's downfall. Opposition leader Fred Fono promised in November that Mr Moti would be extradited if the opposition came to power. The Fiji Times suggested that Mr Moti might then flee to Fiji. After Derek Sikua was elected prime minister later in December, he said that Mr Moti would be deported to Australia. On 24 December, it was reported that Moti's position as attorney general had been terminated by the Sikua government, and that he faced a deportation order. Moti appealed unsuccessfully to the Solomon Islands High Court to halt the extradition process. Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare of Papua New Guinea at this point has reportedly "threatened local media with contempt of court over their calls for the official