Too much power play being abused

 Kevin Ming

The Government is looking more comfortable with its numerical strength to hold onto power until 2012. However, a lot of us ordinary people are questioning why our leaders who know that there are a lot of issues that the national alliance coalition needs to come out clearly on, are supporting the pact. The Moti issue is undoubtedly an issue which the Government is trying to sweep under the carpet. For me as an ordinary citizen of this country I feel there is a lack of honesty in our leaders and those who were part of the whole saga. We know there are set procedures and a code of operation to follow in such a high level operation when involving the military onto foreign territory. So if our Prime Minister denies any knowledge of the operation then the buck comes back to the military command, the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff and the NIO chief at the time. They at least knew how the operation was to be executed and under whose authority it has been carried out. Even the flight captain and his crew knew. Even if there were no inquiry or Ombudsman Commission findings people involved knew all the facts about how Moti got out of Papua New Guinea. 

I see that these people have no fear for God. They could not admit to the facts. Time and time we hear and see leaders being implicated but they grip onto their positions using their power play at the expense of ordinary people. Some use the law and their own political power and influence of money to frustrate the legitimate processes of the law of this land. Papua New Guinea’s concern in the issue of the Moti Saga should be on the use of our military aircraft in a civilian operation outside of our sovereign territory and not on Moti or his case. People must answer to this. Despite that the Moti saga is cleared in an Australian court or not is immaterial to our concern. How could our people in authority come down so low to aid someone from a foreign land who has been implicated for an alleged misconduct using our military aircraft. For our Chief to call the Ombudsman “stupid” is an insult to intellectual Papua New Guineans and those officers concerned. 

Many of our good thinking leaders have compromised themselves such that ordinary people are questioning their principles. How could they do every thing under the sun using their position of power to hide their guilt? I hope they do the same before our god in heaven. Papua New Guinea still needs more genuine leaders who respect and fear God. We will need to educate our people to make the right decision in their choice of leaders come 2012. Leaders who are in Parliament now are mandated so there is little our people can do till they come before us for our mandate in 2012. However there are many good leaders who are doing their best to ensure that their people are seeing development but this will take time so give them an opportunity to continue as one term is very little time for projects to reach full maturity. Time and time we see Commissions of Inquiry set up with big budgets being paid out but with no concrete results that justifies the establishment of these inquiries. The PAC’s findings are being published over and over but with no results against the recommendations. This is clear that there is so much abuse of power play by the big boys in Waigani.