Starting the Count Down
OP/ED So now we know. And that is, the Prime Minister Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare did not just give the Deputy Prime Minister’s job to Wabag MP Sam Abal, and then elevated him to the Acting Prime Minister’s post. He was “advised” by senior government ministers Moses Maladina, Peter Ipatas, Andersen Agiru, Paul Tiensten, Arthur Somare, Peter O’Neill and John Pundari to do that. It is interesting to note that, apart from Andersen Agiru, the others are leaders of the coalition partners in the National Alliance led government. We are sure, the Acting Prime Minister will get around to “acknowledging and thanking” these men, but what we want to know is why? What was their motive? Was it because Mr Polye was a threat to them? Was it because with Mr Polye, they would not get their way and view Mr Abal as a push over? The Opposition provides its own answer, claiming the “king makers” did what they did to serve their own interest, that they would not find Mr Polye an easy man to influence. Ho