MARCH TOWARDS DICTATORSHIP: THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING GOVERNOR GENERAL AND OTHER TALES
by JASON WAUGLE This is a story of the latest attempt by Peter O’Neill to dismantle PNG’s democracy and establish himself as a ‘Guided Democracy’ style ‘benevolent dictator’ and ‘ruler for life’ in the style of Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe. We describe here his successful neutralization of Parliament and of MPs as an effective body to exercise check and balance oversight over the Office of the Prime Minister. The ongoing obstructions of Parliamentary proceedings has turned out to be a classic example illustrating a repeated pattern of Peter O’Neill amassing personal wealth and power that is now frightening people throughout Papua New Guinea. THE PM’s ONE FATAL FLAW: CREATING TOO MUCH CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT CAN BE USED TO ESTABLISH PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOUR The following information would have never been discovered if Peter O’Neill had not made himself an easy target for a particular logic used to solve problems. It is popularly called ‘connecting the dots,’ which mean