"LETS HAVE A CONSTRUCTIVE DEBATE ON POLICY ISSUE" - MORAUTA
PRESS RELEASE Former Prime Minister Sir Mekere Morauta today suggested the development of a national agenda for discussing Papua New Guinea’s problems, and for finding solutions. “ The time for whispering, for speculating, for telling stories, and for fear, is over ,” he said in a speech to more than 500 guests at an Independent Team dinner in Port Moresby tonight. “ My intention tonight is to set an agenda for a national conversation. I ask every concerned Papua New Guinean to think and openly talk about our future.” The audience, of like-minded people who want to form an honest and effective government after the election, came from a broad spectrum of PNG society. It included members of the business community, academics, representatives of non-government organisations, Members of Parliament, intending independent candidates and many ordinary citizens. The Independent Team is a voice for reform, reconstruction and development of Papua New Guinea, and aims to discuss subst