APEC: An international public relations disaster

By PNG Echo I’ve always thought of Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill, as Mr Teflon – nothing sticks. Indeed, he has withstood many a serious allegation of corruption/theft and emerged, relatively unscathed to, just recently, host the APEC summit meeting on behalf of Papua New Guinea. This APEC was to stand as the apex of his accomplishments as Prime Minister. O’Neill, I’m sure, was convinced that with the spotlight on his country (and him), he would be covered in glory – well he was partially right, but glory was not exactly what he got covered in as the excrement hit the Continue reading APEC: An international public relations disaster

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Who’s sorry now? Appointment of new Chief Justice

It makes no sense as to why the decision of who would be the new Chief Justice (CJ) hadn’t been well and truly decided before 31 October (2018) when Sir Salamo’s tenure ran out, does it? I mean they’ve been aware of that date for the past 10 years; it hardly came as a surprise, did it? So why are they appointing the former Deputy Chief Justice to the position in an ‘Acting’ capacity? Is the answer ‘leverage’? Learning by example  Cast your minds back to the situation of the Papua New Guinean parliament on 30 May, 2012. It was Continue reading Who’s sorry now? Appointment of new Chief Justice

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