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Missing pieces of the jigsaw: The PM and the Paraka letter.

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It’s tempting in the face of blatant wrongdoing to prejudge and go off, half-cocked, ears shut, mouth open.  It’s neither a helpful, nor effective corruption-fighting strategy. By PNG Echo Moral outrage bordering on hysteria is what’s occurring in PNG about the Paraka letter.  Ostensibly signed by the Prime Minister, the letter authorizes payment to Paul Paraka of Paraka Lawyers of an enormous sum of dubious money (K71.8 million). People have been crying foul, making unreasonable demands of the investigating authorities – baying for blood, if you will – all the while paying scant attention to what’s being said that is Continue reading Missing pieces of the jigsaw: The PM and the Paraka letter.→

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By the way…New recruit to the Barmy Army.

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I read with sadness (twitter profile) that Martyn Namorong is now in the employ of the Opposition Leader, making him no longer an independent commenter. Namah has managed to compromise so many supposed ‘corruption fighters’ by putting them on the payroll. All that it says to me is that the only reason they were fighting corruption in the first place was because they had sour grapes at not being the recipients of it (yet). Well now they are. Namah has effectively managed to stymie investigation of his activities by paying the lukewarm patriots that are the Barmy Army.   I Continue reading By the way…New recruit to the Barmy Army.→

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