A Note of Caution on Political reform

There is growing  misconception in recent public policy debate that PNG  should yet again look at Wholesale Political reform as the antidote to  growing felling of  disillusionment and general malaise among our Young that our system of Government is not doing enough for them. This view seem to find support with the Deputy Prime Minister and also echoed by the Prime Minister. Regrettably the premise upon which this view is based is misconstrued and erroneous. PNG does not need wholesale Political reform it needs fine tuning of the existing system.
The   system of Government we have adopted at Independence as reflected in our country’s Constitution including the National Goals and Directive Principles and the Bill of Rights remains one  of the best in the world. What PNG needs are leaders of integrity like those that sat and adopted the  Constitution in 1975 to ensure that the dreams of our Constitutional  Fathers  as enshrined in the Constitution is up held and realised. The Prime Minister and his Deputy must attempt to emulate that generation of Self less leadership to install hope among our young generation of citizens and to inspire them to make a positive contribution to the Social Political and economic life on the nation .
As a  Nation  we should have Zero Tolerance for official Corruption, uphold the rule of Law , respects meritocracy and justly rewards hard work and have a Nation based on science and not ignorance .
In  a  essay published recently on that other great PNG social media site PNG Attitude, the writer  using the nom de plume Karl Wermil has given us a definitive critique on what constitutes true leadership. Readers of PNG Blogs are encouraged to read his article.
PNG   does need reforms  but they are not Political reforms. The Political reforms are the easy one to attempt. The consequence and fallout is not hard hitting. It is the Hard reform on  pressing social issues such as the Death Penalty,  illegal Urban Squatter Settlements, Vagrancy and unemployment and the creation of a social Safety  nets and  the building of  more inclusive society that should be the focus of this current Parliament.
The passing of the bylaws on the implementation of the death Penalty for violent crimes  is what the Deputy Prime Minister and the Law Reform Commission should be concerning themselves with right now .
The next of the reform in order of Priority   is to ensue that Leaders of integrity are elected to Parliament in their role as legislators and as member  of Parliamenty Committees that are meant to check the Powers of the Prime Minister and the Executive government . We need Reforms in our Electoral Processes which should be seen as the first front line of defence in stopping cheats who are currently using the corrosive influence of Money  to buy seats in Parliament and debasing public respect for the Institution of Parliament and Parliamentary Democracy under the West Minister system of Government.
There is no more time for debate and conferences ,  PNG will go back to elect its leaders in 3 years and we need to roll out and   test  new technologies now to see how we can harness these new technologies in the conduct of our Elections. The  Prime Minister would do well to direct his Deputy to ensure that the electronic system is immediately trialled out in the by elections recently ordered by the Courts of Disputed returns so that the system can be used in the 2017 National Elections.
PNG needs the Deputy Prime Minister to focus on fine tuning the current machinery of Government to make it more Robust. We need the Deputy Prime Minister to make sure that the Processes of  awarding Government Contracts is Transparent and he can start by making sure that the National Supplies and tender Board Website is not only updated but must give detail of the list of Bidders and the Amounts bided and provide the name and address of Winning Bids. The NSTB may want to see how small Australian Shire Councils deal with this issue of Transparency in the award of contracts and follow  these models  to remove the growing feeling that a certain group of People only are currently benefiting from Government Contracts
The Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of Law Reform  need to focus on ensuring that the  Important Institution of state such as the Office of Public Prosecutor and the Ombudsmen and the office of the registrar of Political Parties are resourced well and expanded to meet the growing work load of their office so they can discharge their constitutional duty more diligently and in a timely fashion. Both men may want to look at Provisions in the law for the appointment of Special Prosecutors to Prosecute cases referred to it by  the Ombudsmen commission or the Registrar of Political Parties so quicker outcomes can be reached on cases that involve our Leaders and Constitutional office Holders
As  a Former Policeman the Deputy Prime Minister needs to make sure that the Police Fraud Squad is  resourced well to investigate white collar crime and that young policeman coming out of our Police and Defence forces colleges are taught Police History so that they  value the uniform they wear to  emulate  great men such as Sergeant Major Peter Simogun and Yawiga and Cpl Anis and Constable Buritori and Purari and many others since  who laid down  their life so this nation can be Born.
The Deputy Prime Minister can start with rebuilding the morale fabric of this society that has been eaten away by  Laziness induced in part by a Political Leadership to  scared to get our people to do a  Hard days work. PNG needs to establish respect for hard work  and needs a major infusion of work  ethics and may want to seriously consider offering Dual Citizenship to over 25,000  Australians of PNG Descend and an other 3000 or so Australians Born in PNG and to redirect Aust Aid to deploy  Australians in that Category to return to PNG an to be deployed as  Provincial and District Administrators &  Treasurers and as Head Masters  and Police officers  and to also consider   deploying them within our civil service on secondment from the Commonwealth of Australia . PNG needs this infusion to  bring  a work ethic that can help the Nation make that paradigm  shift in mind set that can only  help  make us stronger as a Morden nation State.
PNG doe not need more Political reform it needs Action and it needs it now with the Deputy Prime Minister Leading the way.

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