By David Lepi Weaponising state institutions to use against political opponents is a new trend Prime Minister James Marape is setting. Allow me to qualify this.. Last Thursday 08th June 2023, the high court notified former Prime Minister Peter O’Neill his Supreme Court Reference on the legality of the government formation last year will be heard by a full Supreme Court bench on 30th August 2023. The same news also reached the government and that set into motion interesting events. Immediately the next day, Friday 9th June 2023, Marape and team quickly retreated to Loloata Island and convened a 'war' council. The best part is on Saturday 10th June 2023 in the middle of the night when all public service comes to rest Police Commissioner David Manning worked overtime summoned Peter O'Neill by way of media statement to report to Police Headquarters, Konedobu, for questioning on perjury relating to the Commission of Inquiry report on UBS Loan. Never in the UBS CoI recommendation which is now available for the public, not even a single line, stated perjury, or O'Neill giving false statement to the CoI and needed to be further investigated.
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By David Lepi Peter O'Neill dominated Papua New Guinea politics for almost a decade before his ousting 2 years ago. How did he do it, and how much of a shadow does he still cast? Like a posthumous honour O’Neill is far better celebrated now than when he was in power. People now fully appreciate how better he was until he was gone. The starling contrast of O’Neill and the current government's approach to service delivery is a reliable yardstick to measure leadership. O'Neill's government suffered an abrupt ending only to appease a fickle mob who gullibly took what political opportunists and lying mongers put on social media as the gospel truth. His two year absence at the helm of leadership, besieged and in miserable isolation, marked the beginning of the end of infrastructure revolution that awakened the national consciousness and realization of improved assets will lead to economic growth. By Christopher Keta - Political Commentary No man is an Island and no men is a Saint we all fall short of the Glory of God. Papua New Guinea you have a competent leader of eloquence Hon Peter O'Neil , a visionary leader at heart. Now you lost that. Why? Mainly because of Hon Brian Kramer's promotion of propaganda on the media streams saying O'Neil sunk the country and took out loans at the rate of K3Billion per year. The controversial UBS Loan was an economic investment decision, PNG Goverment has a 10% stake in ASX -Listed Oil Search the money isn't entirely lost but captured as our equity. Political Commentary by Brian Folock All Ministers in One = Prime Minister. The prime minister in Papua New Guinea is the Minister of all the Ministers. Likewise, all the Departmental Heads in One is the Chief Secretary. All Provinces in One = Papua New Guinea. All Districts in One = 22 provinces. 22 Provinces in One is our Country Papua New Guinea. All Local-level Governments in One = the 111 electorates. Former Prime Minister Peter O'Neil conceptualized the above unificational synthesis in public administration very, very well. His performance was exceptional. He ruled with 'iron fist'. He was the chief minister overseeing all ministers. Whilst the ministers were still thinking, he was already thinking ahead. He was the real Prime Minister who knew beforehand, ahead of all else, what it means to be the prime minister. Many complained of bypassing or undermining the ministers and some said was performing the secretaries' roles. But that is what a prime minister should be doing - a smart and articulative Chief Minister, CEO and Big Boss. His upbringing, coupled with his high level of IQ and background knowledge of information and the prevalent of issues syncronized well with his tertiary knowledge and skills to outgun all slow thinkers, learners, new comers, sluggish and moody parliamentarians. By Talita Garima : Political Commentary Everything boils down to individual personalities, extrovert, open minded, aggressiveness, confident, people to people relations, etc. I doubt PMJM. He's introvert, inward looking, can't open up, let loose things that other people including ministers will run things freely, commit the state, etc. This why I'm bit reserve, keeping silent on speaking directly against him but some of you load of arrogant supporters turn to beat your chest in down writing independent analyst when I try to contribute on issues confronting our nation so let me put it straight to some of you without reservation of our leaders comparative analysis. |
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