Somare has left PNG a broken nation
Allan Patience THE primary cause of the recent ''mutiny'' by sections of the Papua New Guinea defence force is a mix of soldiers' anger over low pay, their substandard living conditions, associated low morale, and grudges against some of their senior officers. This has led some of them to back Sir Michael Somare in his quest for his reinstatement as prime minister, naively believing that the dishonoured promises of the past will somehow be honoured this time around. Sir Michael and his followers are boycotting parliamentary sittings while scheming a take-over of the government before the general election due in a few months. Incumbency is vital to electoral success in PNG, so access to the largesse of the Treasury benches is now everything to the Somare camp. Sir Michael's followers seem ready to go to desperate extremes to regain power. In a bizarre move last week, they ordered retired Colonel Yaura Sasa to seize control of the defence force