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

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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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Polye or Namah? Rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic.

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By PNG Echo. In an interview given to EMTV at the end of last week, Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill commented on a number of issues including: the recent defections (?) to the Opposition, the Grand Chief’s move to the middle benches (or the opposition depending on who you listen to) and the UBS loan. The Prime Minister reminded his audience that PNG, as an adherent to democratic principles, was governed by the virtue of numbers – and he had them In fact, O’Neill has almost 60 Members of Parliament in his own PNC party, according to figures he quoted. With Continue reading Polye or Namah? Rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic.→

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