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The PNG incumbent politicians are seeking re-election. Generally there are two narratives in their campaigns. The first group tell their voters why they didn’t deliver services (for non-PNG readers, PNG politicians are enabled by law to provide services apart from their law making duties). This first group blames O’Neill or Marape, depending on whether theyContinue reading “A man confident of his record: Alan Bird’s nomination speech”

The average incumbent MP turn over rate in PNG is 50%. In other words, about 50% of MPs lose their seat every election. This has been the case without exception since the first post independent election in 1977. This turn over rate is one of the highest in the world. 2002 is considered the worstContinue reading “Is there anyone good left in PNG?”

There were many tributes written about Sam Basil, including one by Sam Koim, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue Commission, which was re-published here. In this article, I will talk about the impact of Sam Basil’s passing on the political party he formed in 2020 and was leading into the 2022 elections before the tragic accidentContinue reading “Bel Sore (Sympathy) votes and Sam Basil’s United Labour Party”

This article was first posted by Sam Koim on his Facebook post. By Sam Koim TRIBUTE TO late SAM BASIL, MY BROTHER. We met on the battlefield, not against each other, but against an invisible enemy that still threatens the wellbeing of our nation today. I was a rookie State Lawyer and he was aContinue reading “Sam Koim’s Tribute for Sam Basil”

If I had an option of creating my own village, I would be happy to have all the University graduates without jobs as members of the village. Our chief would be someone with a degree in psychology from UPNG. Our church treasurer would be an accountant graduate from Unitech. Our marriage counsellor from the churchContinue reading “We need an educated population”