Parliament dying slow death
OP/ED Whatever has happened to the bi-partisan committee on Asian-owned and operated businesses? It was tasked to produce a report within 12 months. Two years later, it appears to have ceased to exist. It has failed to perform the task for which it was set up. While Parliament or its committee might wish away the problems, it festers still and simmers as the influx of foreign workers for the LNG project increases and Papua New Guineans watch from the sidelines. Like many things that have been enthusiastically introduced, the will to sustain the enterprise is always lacking. In this particular case, parliament will be found to have erred grievously if the ugly head of anti-foreigner sentiments were to rear again. The next time there might be no stopping it. The parliamentary committee was established on May 21, 2009, to investigate and report on the root causes of a series of riots directed at Asian-owned and operated businesses in several towns in PNG. A protest march in Port Moresby