Somare’s carbon scam full of holes
PNGEXPOSED While Prime Minister Michael Somare is on his extended international tour, pleading with the international community to hand over billions of dollars in return for carbon strategy stitched together by international consultancy firm, McKinsey’s for a cool $2.2 million dollars, the true nature of his carbon scam is only too apparent to keen observers. On one front there is the continuing scandal of rampant illegal logging. Illegal logging like that at Musa Pongani which is now encroaching into the Managlas Conservation Area. The Authorities have been aware of the logging for more than 9 months but despite repeated pleas from landowners, the Malaysian loggers, protected by local police, continue to plunder the forests and the illegally harvested logs pile up on the beach while the local forest officer drives around in a logging company vehicle. Meanwhile, nobody seems to know whether Somare’s Climate Change Minister has been sacked or not. Potape claims his sacking is not trueA