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Why not Juffa?

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By PNG Echo Don Polye, the Engan warlord, whose election result has been set aside on more than one occasion for suspected and proven tampering (including the most recent one), who is implicated in many corruption scandals including (but not only) the unresolved Paraka case, who has been rejected and sidelined by every government he’s served under, not least of all for incompetence, has been named as the alternative Prime Minister. Is this the best the Opposition can do? I’ve maintained (and am unlikely to resile from the position) that the Opposition is not a fit outfit to run a Continue reading Why not Juffa?→

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Is payback the only game in town? Votes of No Confidence

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By PNG Echo. Unless it is sure that a Vote Of No Confidence (VONC) will be successful, I doubt that any one MP, with the exception of those already on the opposition and middle benches, will vote for it – and numbers there are miniscule – not nearly enough for a successful outcome. Voting against a government that you are a part of displays disloyalty and NO party/coalition ANYWHERE will put up with vipers in their ranks – and rightly so. A ruling party needs to be able to count on the loyalty of its members or get rid of Continue reading Is payback the only game in town? Votes of No Confidence→

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