So you want Kerenga Kua as the next PM- Oh Please!

By PNG Echo Social media has started throwing around Kerenga Kua’s name as a possible next Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea. In my opinion, it’s an ill-considered notion and this is why: Firstly, having spent many years as the late Sir Michael Somare’s personal lawyer, Kua, no doubt, knows where all the bodies are buried, what’s more, as his legal representative he likely would have helped Sir Michael dig the graves. If Sir Michael knows a certain something about corruption you have to wonder who was the master and who was the apprentice in this relationship. Hypocrisy Secondly, the Continue reading So you want Kerenga Kua as the next PM- Oh Please!

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Is payback the only game in town? Votes of No Confidence

By PNG Echo. Unless it is sure that a Vote Of No Confidence (VONC) will be successful, I doubt that any one MP, with the exception of those already on the opposition and middle benches, will vote for it – and numbers there are miniscule – not nearly enough for a successful outcome. Voting against a government that you are a part of displays disloyalty and NO party/coalition ANYWHERE will put up with vipers in their ranks – and rightly so. A ruling party needs to be able to count on the loyalty of its members or get rid of Continue reading Is payback the only game in town? Votes of No Confidence

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