CHAMPION OF INDIGENOUS LAND RIGHTS.
By John Endemongo Kua All good things come to an end, and as such, the life of an outstand ing scholar and gentleman, had come to pass yesterday morning, here in Port Moresby. The late Donigi and myself, did not see eye to eye on many national issues of importance to the nation not because of the principles behind the issues, and nor did we allow each other the opportunity to discuss or debate issues of importance to the state or international concerns, simply because he was a Sepik and I a Chimbu, and we were rallying, behind the powerful men of post independence politics, with him standing stoically behind Somare as a kinsman and myself behind Okuk. For the better or worse, most political cadres were consumed in this shallow and empty game of cloak and dagger political manoeuvres, that destabilised the national progress in many respects to the detriment of this nation state. Despite the hostile environment of ethnic and regional divide, reason prevailed in men of valour, such as