Every year came and passed. Seconds adds up to minutes, and then to hours and days, and to years, decades, and centuries to as far as a millennium. And they have all vanished as if it was just a second in a lifetime.
All the days seemed to remain the same even though our Westminster system replaces leaders every election in a span of five years. Time is not of our concern as the individual demands for every nation surpasses their existential capacity to fully afford them. And it waged the possible need for foreign influence in which we are loyally playing the neocolonialism narrative, merely to blend in, fall into the groove and survive.
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My friend, why would you be stressed over the things that you cannot control. Why would you suffer from a course that will not benefit you? Is it necessary to encounter those psychological, spiritual and emotional warfare? Why are you worrying too much? This life is precious.
Every mortal being will depart the physical realm. With the intent, why would you pretend to make for someone’s happiness? You are special and a role model that one treasures. And a resource to this nation. An asset, precisely. Just imagine the billions of individuals that occupied our planet since the BC-Julian calendar to this AD-Gregorian calendar. We are just a pint of the heaves of souls. Are you troubled upon the inhuman trauma that was ignited by the political rivalries around the country? I am…, realizing the fact that many people will undergo a therapy counselling after the election as what they experience is contextually similar to that of the Middle East and African nations.
Irrespective of the shock wave that was sent to every corner of my nerve, I also feel for my families and loved ones. Will they be safe out there? People are extremely paranoid when violence escalates in the epicentre of our homeland like a no man’s land. Pertaining to the political-philosophers such as Karl Marx and Max Weber, the authority of a leader is exercised in three ways i.e. traditional, charismatic and rational-legal authority. In traditional authority, the legitimacy of the authority comes from tradition, in charismatic authority from the personality and leadership qualities of the individual (charisma), and in legal authority from the belief in the society's laws. This exposes the million dollar motive to find the best leadership tool among the three authoritative systems.
As Marx mentioned, traditional authority is derived from the concept of patriarchal mastery in family units. Respect for the rule of inheritance and compliance to the patriarch is consistent, though there is no real means of enforcing obedience. Not to mention every detail of our achievement, Marape has done great things that are too good to be true. After thrilling his people with tremendous life-supportive measures, Marape enacted dozens of policies at the last parliament session to mend-up the existing constitutional loopholes. Under the deficit budget financing strategy (DBFS) incorporated by Marape, PNG’s GDP grew from K78.6 billion in 2019 to K109 billion in the contemporary period. The previous government had taken seven years to accumulate K35 billion while Marape took only 3 years to grasp K30 billion. In spite of the Covid-19 catastrophe, Marape’s administration was the first to roll-out the K280 million (0.3 percent of GDP) SME policy, alongside the usual HELP LOAN Program (K65.1 million) that basically increased our human capital. Marape nationalized the Porgera mine and signed a contract to set up a gold mint. PNG shall finally have its own downstream-processing industry for gold. Not only did he concentrate on converting raw minerals, he increased our shares in every extractive-industry. PNG’s foreign policy gazetted by Marape as ‘friends to all and enemies to none’ has trickled unabated developments via project grants, concessional loans and technical assistance. The policy is aimed to provide a conducive environment that will harbour outside influence so that we may benefit from the spin-offs. And it is evident where roads are mingling like meandering rivers while skyscrapers sprouted like bamboo shoots. DESPITE the many awareness conducted on the Limited Preferential Voting (LPV) system, many still do not understand how it works.
We can go all day through a loud hailer talking about the system but if the public do not fully understand it, then it is a concern. We have written about the LPV; however, it still is not clear to the ordinary people on the streets. The General Election 2022 process is now into 29 days of the campaign period, with 20 remaining before polling starts on July 2, and this is the time for voters to decide who gets the 1, 2 and 3. THE Marape Government has been reminded to refrain from making executive decisions relating to budget, policy, appointments and awarding of contracts while there is no caretaker government. A former chief secretary Isaac Luapri said that when Parliament was dissolved, the government entered what can be termed a “caretaker role”. “This is because the government cannot be held to account by the Parliament whilst the election takes place,” he said. “The parliament is not able to perform its mandated constitutional role whilst the election takes place and it is, therefore, appropriate that the executive refrain from making any decisions during that period. David Lepi. Misty fog and early coverage over Mt Lamina clears suddenly ushering in a new ray of light of hope as Southern Highlanders from all corners of the trouble torn province converged to witness the nomination of Peter Nupri. A grand entrance of waves after waves of dancers representing each district came in colors in their finest regalia to commemorate the dawning of a new era. Today, Wednesday 25th May 2022 will go down in the history of SHP as hope was reborn. The day was graced by the presence of the province's founding fathers and early leaders including Grand Chief Youngtine Koroba, Hon Jeffrey Komal, Philemon Embel, Brian Pepo, Philip Moya and of course the former Prime Minister and Ialibu Pangia MP Hon Peter O'Neill. By Allan Bird - Governor of East Sepik Province, I see the strong comments from young Sepiks and other coastal citizens for a coastal PM. So let me share my observations on whether this outcome is indeed possible and what it would take to achieve it. There are three ways someone can become PM: 1. the first is obviously a party leader of the party that gets the highest number after the elections getting the invitation from the GG after the 2022 elections. GC Somare had this opportunity in 2002 and 2007. Peter O'Neil had that opportunity in 2012 and 2017. It's also possible for like minded parties to form a block and vote against the ruling party in August and nominate their own PM. But this has never occurred previously and the chances are slim. 2. Through a vote of No Confidence as we saw against PNC in this term of Parliament where Marape was elevated. This is much more difficult because it takes a very special leader who is well liked or regarded as less destructive than the incumbent. PNG Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey has made a last minute switch to the ruling Pangu Pati ditching his National Alliance team. The move comes as a shock as Mr Ling-Stuckey successfully won his Kavieng Open seat in 2017 National Election under the National Alliance (NA) banner, which also boasts the Namatanai Open seat under NA strongman Walter Schnaubelt. It is understood Mr Ling-Stuckey made up his mind to leave NA last week, one week out from the issue of writs. In a comment to this paper, a NA official said that while they are aware of Mr Ling-Stuckey’s intention, they are still yet to receive his official resignation letter. |
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