IPATAS SECRETLY ASSISTED STUDENT BOYCOTT HOPING TO STAND IN FOR A DEPOSED PETER O'NEILL:
NIUGINI OUTLOOK When a student from the National Polytechnic Institute in Lae messaged us some weeks back about a surprise visit of Peter Ipatas to their school to speak to students, something about the story did not add up. It was not that we ended up doubting the informant. We finally were able to cross check what they told us. Instead it was some Ipatas actions that got us thinking. When he visited the Polytech, we were told that he carried a large bundle of O'Neill advertisements that had come out in the newspapers, where the PM lamely explained why he was not stepping down (those arguments were mostly delegitimised within days by the facts). He left the bundle behind, but did not seem all that interested in distributing them and many of them were left to turn into rubbish. On top of that Ipatas did not give the students the expected strong pro-O'Neill speech. Instead he told the students that they were adults and he could not tell them what to think or do regarding t