6 vice-ministers appointed in PNG, no more Cabinet vacancies

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Prime Minister James Marape (5th from left) with his new vice-ministers.

6 vice-ministers appointed in PNG, no more Cabinet vacancies

PORT MORESBY: With the Papua New Guinea (PNG) general election due next year, Prime Minister James Marape yesterday appointed six vice-ministers to complete his cabinet.

The appointments completes all 11 vice-minister positions in his cabinet.

Marape also ruled out a cabinet reshuffle and said the vice-ministers would help deliver Government services to the people.

A full report on the appointments were published by The National:

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May 12, 2021The NationalMain Stories

By CLIFFORD FAIPARIK
SIX vice-ministers appointed by Prime Minister James Marape to help deliver Government’s social and economic policies were sworn in at Government House yesterday.
It takes to 11 the funded vice-ministerial positions in the Marape-led Government.
“These vice-ministerial positions are important to assist ministers with heavy responsibilities (for the) Government to remain functional until the 2022 national election,” Marape said.
He ruled out any Cabinet reshuffle in the meantime but all ministers are required to submit their key performance reports this week “to show what they have done so far in driving the Government’s economic and social policies and to fight corruption in public offices”.
“I have also reorganised my office and appointed a chief of staff and we will do a review of what we have done since being in office for the past two years,” he said.
“The Government has to be on top of our development agenda and ministers needs vice-ministers to help them drive our policies.”
The appointment of the six new vice ministers now completes all 11 vice-ministerial slots as the Government prepares to deliver its social and economic policies before the 2022 national election.
The vice-ministers are: Kairuku-Hiri MP Peter Isoaimo (Treasury), Bougainville Regional MP Peter Tsiamalili Jnr (Bougainville Affairs), Ijivitari MP Richard Masere (Foreign Investment), Angoram MP Salio Waipo (Public Services), Kokopo MP Emil Tamur (National Planning) and Raicoast MP Peter Sapia (Mining).

 

Tsiamalili appointed vice-minister for Bougainville Affairs

May 12, 2021The NationalMain Stories

PRIME Minister James Marape has appointed Bougainville Regional MP Peter Tsiamalili Jnr as vice-minister for Bougainville Affairs to assist him in the consultation process during the post-referendum period.
Marape, the Bougainville Affairs Minister, said Tsiamalili would assist him in preparing Bougainvilleans to face their new political future.
A 2019 referendum conducted showed that 98 per cent of Bougainvilleans wanted independence.
“So I will delegate functions to him as we go into the consultation process as stipulated under the 2001 Bougainville Peace Agreement,” Marape said.
Tsiamalili said he would find out what was hindering the implementation of the agreement.
“I want us to work together to draw powers – both political and economic – from Waigani to Buka to successfully implement the BPA,” he said.
“I want the Government and the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) to admit the truth on who is causing the blockage. Only then, can the Arob and Papua New Guinea face the future together.”

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