The writing on the wall: The by-election has spoken.

By PNG Echo. There are many who gratuitously and arrogantly claim to speak for the silent majority in PNG. It’s an easy claim to make because this majority, by definition, does not usually indicate their preferences. Well… not usually, but sometimes they do, and when they do they speak clearly, unambiguously and unequivocally – and that’s exactly what they’ve done and it is contrary to what the noisy minority would have you believe. The Protests and protestors In Papua New Guinea, at present, students are being whipped into mass hysteria by opponents of the government – and it’s a big Continue reading The writing on the wall: The by-election has spoken.

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My comment: A two-party system: The current opportunity

Governing PNG is taking a back seat to power mongering – which seems to be a chronic symptom of the current system. Maybe now is the time for the People’s National Congress to govern in their own right – and for the rest to form the opposition. It would serve to cement policy and give the opposition an opportunity to formulate real alternate policy rather than just the empty rhetoric that passes for party platforms. For example, while the UBS loan has been questioned because of it’s alleged breaches of the constitution and processes – whether it was a sound  Continue reading My comment: A two-party system: The current opportunity

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