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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The journalist, the Human Rights’ Commissioner, the Prime Minister and the abuses.

By PNG Echo It is, by now, well known that, last weekend, this journalist was refused entry into Papua New Guinea (PNG) by order of the Prime Minister. It was heavy handed, provocative and ultimately an exercise in futility. May I remind the Prime Minister that there have been very successful revolutions enacted remotely – the Ayotollah Khomeini effected the Iranian revolution from enforced exile in Paris, for instance.   In PNG, political revolution is not called for – the government was democratically elected and ought to be free to do its job. It’s the fact that this government is Continue reading The journalist, the Human Rights’ Commissioner, the Prime Minister and the abuses.

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