Is PNG’s national security ok?
WE pose this question because according to Ian Jinga, the Director-General of the Office of Security Coordination and Assessment which comes under the Department of the Prime Minister and National Executive Council, Papua New Guinea’s national security is stable and manageable. This was Mr Jinga’s conclusion when he delivered an update on PNG’s national security situation to the 10th meeting of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Sub-Committee on Security in Port Moresby last Thursday, November 21. Present at the meeting was the Director General of the MSG Secretariat and Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu delegates and a representative of the FLNKS or Kanak Liberation Front of New Caledonia. Mr Jinga told his colleagues about PNG’s political impasse of 2011/2012 and the national election and how the country came out on top of these two critical events. He said: “… One of our main problems is prudent management of our limited resources to address many of our developmental challenges wh