Busted!
The Speaker of Papua New Guinea's parliament, Jeffery Nape, has been arrested on bribery charges. Nape was arrested last Saturday on allegations of attempting to bribe a rival candidate to drop out of the 2012 election in his province of Chimbu. "Police have a constitutional duty to attend to complaints from citizens; in this case a candidate vying for Nape's Sinasina-Yongomugl seat laid a complaint with police," provincial police commander Augustine Wampe told The National Newspaper. Nape, who denied all charges, was released on 2000 kina ($963) bail and is expected to appear in court after the election. As Speaker he was instrumental in sowing the seeds of PNG's recent political crisis after he suddenly announced on August 2 last year the prime ministership was vacant. The decision to allow a vote ousted incumbent PM Sir Michael Somare and elevated his former treasurer Peter O'Neill to the job. Nape continued to preside over parliament but had a few more leg