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by ALOIS JEREWAI The Prime Minister's announcement to end all engagements of foreign advisers came on the back of the announcement to remove all firearms from our police and correctional forces while it is left to us to guess over PNDGF. All of these dramatic announcements were made in the wake of the mounting allegations of massive fraudulent squandering of public funds no longer limited to the matter of Paul Paraka Lawyers and K71.8 Million. The thwarted arrest of Dairi Vele ( Treasury Secretary) in relation to the purchase of power generators from LR Group links to the PM's directives to Dairi Vele hence is a worry for the PM! The conviction of Jimmy Maladina over the NPF saga on allegations of receiving bribes through inflated / variation in the construction contract is worry for the PM as he is connected also! The PM right now is like a wild pig chased by the hunting party and backed into a tree's sloping trough where it will make its last stand and therefo

SAM BASIL MP P arliamentarians who have been mandated to represent their constituents are being intimidated and mistreated by their equally represented members of parliament who are in the executive arm of the legislature whom we know as ministers. While I also speak on behalf of some members of parliament who are still awaiting their developmental grants especially the DSIP funds that we all know was recently dished out to only the members of parliament from the government benches or who supported the government during the recent no-confidence attempt. The finance officers in Waigani have confirmed last week Thursday 09.09.10 that all remaining cheques of K2m especially for the opposition members of parliament was signed and released to the Finance minister’s office and are in his possession. So far all DSIP cheques from this eight parliament were physically handed out by the then Finance Minister Patrick Pruaitch, Acting Finance Minister Hon. Arthur Somare, once by the Prime Minister

SAM BASIL MP P arliamentarians who have been mandated to represent their constituents are being intimidated and mistreated by their equally represented members of parliament who are in the executive arm of the legislature whom we know as ministers. While I also speak on behalf of some members of parliament who are still awaiting their developmental grants especially the DSIP funds that we all know was recently dished out to only the members of parliament from the government benches or who supported the government during the recent no-confidence attempt. The finance officers in Waigani have confirmed last week Thursday 09.09.10 that all remaining cheques of K2m especially for the opposition members of parliament was signed and released to the Finance minister’s office and are in his possession. So far all DSIP cheques from this eight parliament were physically handed out by the then Finance Minister Patrick Pruaitch, Acting Finance Minister Hon. Arthur Somare, once by the Prime Min