Michael Somare makes sure PNG's top job remains his
ROWAN CALLICK PAPUA New Guinea's veteran Prime Minister Michael Somare has pushed through a dramatic reshuffle of his cabinet. It was a desperate move to shore up his control as he faces being forced to stand down by the Supreme Court. Mr Somare has been accused of failing since 1995 to file annual returns listing his assets and business dealings, as required by law, to the Ombudsman Commission, which polices corruption by administering PNG's leadership code. The commission has also asked him to explain holidays he has taken overseas, including to Malaysia, in order to track who paid for them and why. Mr Somare fought a long series of actions through the courts to prevent the charges coming before a leadership tribunal, but last week he lost his final appeal. The case is now set to be referred by the commission to the public prosecutor. Earlier this year, Patrick Pruaitch, the then treasurer, was similarly referred to the public prosecutor over leadership code charges. He chall