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Peter O'Neill has successfully silenced and neutralised three of his biggest and most vocal critics who were in the opposition benches in the previous term of Parliament. With a highly corrupt and heavily manipulated election process, Don Polye stood no chance as O'Neill targeted his Kandep Electorate with very heavy police and military presence during election 2017. The result is that Don Polye was ousted under a questionable election process, the outcome of which is yet to be decided by the courts to this very day. The court process to hand down a decision on the Kandep seat is being unnecessarily delayed and this indicates that the judiciary may not be operating freely from political control and interference. Kandep was one of the seats that experienced violence during the election and how they managed to conclude the election process and declare a winner remains a mystery. Belden Namah and Sam Basil managed to get through the first hurdle by winning t

When our university students protested against the corrupt government, and got shot by rogue policemen, the nation sat back and watched saying "em samting blong ol sumatin". When policemen were shot and killed in the line of duty during the worst most corrupt elections ever, the nation looked on with disinterest and merely expressed passing sorrow and sympathy. Even comrades of the fallen men within RPNGC have not made any noise and to date, no one knows the status of these cases. When Hela speaks up against the government and threathens to shut down LNG operations, they do it alone while the nation looks on with a shrug of the shoulders and again says with disinterest "samting blong Hela". Now that Southern Highlands have said enough is enough and are protesting because they were denied their democratic rights to elect their leaders in a free and fair election, the rest of the nation simply look on from a distance and again say "pro

PRIME MINISTER SET TO LEAD ONE OF THE BIGGEST DELEGATIONS TO CHINA ON A WEEK LONG TRIP COSTING K6.8 MILLION WHEN THE NATION IS ON THE BRINK OF A CIVIL WAR IN HIS OWN SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS PROVINCE Attached below is the itenarary of perhaps one of the biggest delegations ever to depart the shores of Papua New Guinea. Prime Minister Peter O'Neill and his wife Lynda May Babao O'Neill are set to lead the delegation of 91 Ministers, Members of Parliament and government and business leaders as well as Chinese business men and women on this week long trip from Wednesday 20 June to Tuesday 26 June 2018. The traveling party consists of 41 PNG delegates and 50 Chinese delegates totaling 91, apart from support staff and media personnel. The trip is estimated to cost around K6.8 million all to be paid for by PNG taxpayers. This is well above the K6 million approved to send in police and army to his Southern Highlands province to implement a state of emergency to quell the

by THOMAS LAKA PNG is praying for you. Please exercise great courage n strength in the face of adversity. The SHP people are not your enemies. They are fellow citizens with an issue. The assets destroyed in this unrest are replaceable but human life is irreplaceable. The weapons that we see posted on social media and on main media and you will see with your eyes in the hands of our people have been with them for years. They have been kept hidden until now. These tribal people have amassed an armory like an army. All tribes have weapons to protect tribal territory against real n potential tribal enemies. Tribal members don't normally use weapons for rascal n gang-type activities against innocent people because if they do they know they will create unnecessary tribal enemies. The conflict or unrest today in SHP is not a tribal issue but a political n electoral process one which is involving several tribes from a confined area where the election petitioner n incumbent Governor c

by JAMES MAKOP Joseph Kobol and his supporters have done the unthinkable. They have committed an act which in any one’s book would be classified as an act of terrorism. This is not an isolated act as O’Neill has termed and downplayed. The world is watching. They expect the full force of the law to come bearing down on the perpetrators. This is in view of the fact Papua New Guinea will be hosting APEC this year, attended by some of the world’s most powerful leaders. The credibility of the country hinges upon its ability to rein in radical elements and this has now been subject to the test. Peter O’Neill’s reaction is predictable. He has to be seen to be acting. But his declaration of the SOE has far-reaching ominous implications. 1. Joseph Kobol and his supporters know they have crossed the Rubicon line. There is no turning back. Surrendering would mean the most severe penalty and a very long time in prison. They will not surrender. 2. In suspending the SHP Provincial govern

by DON POLYE Whilst condemning the destruction to state properties, the solution to this incident in Mendi or similar other situations are not emotions or blaming each other! The solution is to analyse and dig out the root cause of such unprecedented insanity in Mendi! The need to root out the main cause of such a chaotic situation must be the National cry!!! Applying the security forces against the civilians is not a panacea. Deploying security to appease volatility is good but only a temporary and band aid solution! The young and the old alike need to assess this situation more intelligently and rationally than emotionally. For example, this shameful and abhorrent thing has happened in SHP where a lot of money has been going into . The SHP, including Hela Province (same) host the international standard petroleum projects...even more similar projects in the same provinces are in the pipeline. This province has produced MPs who are now playing the stewards

By Souths Naiko As a concerned citizen of Papua New Guinea, I am appealing to men and women of our armed forces to please not go into Southern Highlands and attack your own people. This is a problem best solved by Peter O'Neill and his fellow politicians. Politicians must learn to solve the problems they create through non-violent means and stop resorting to heavy-handed tactics!! It's a shame for Peter O'Neill to display such a total lack of leadership by creating one problem after another and then expecting others to clean up after him. Have we learned nothing at all from the Bougainville Civil War?? Just as he has always done, Peter O'Neill is simply abusing his position by using state resources to fight his personal battles. This is not a national emergency but a provincial law and order issue caused by politicians themselves!! We appeal to the police and army not to allow yourselves to be used by one man in his corrupt quest for absolute power. Peter