Namah tells Papua New Guineans to reject Marape-led Pangu Pati
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Namah tells Papua New
Guineans to reject Marape-led Pangu Pati
PORT MORESBY: Opposition
Leader and Papua New Guinea (PNG) Party leader Belden Namah claims that the
Pangu Pati-led Government has borrowed too much
“Papua New Guineans must, therefore, refrain from returning Pangu Pati
candidates to Parliament in General Election 2022 (GE22),” he added.
Namah said when the late Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare was prime
minister, the country’s debt was K8.6 billion.
“Somare managed the debt well with prudent financial management.
“But when the People’s National Congress (PNC) party took over, the debt
ballooned to K26 billion (or up K17.4 billion).
“When Pangu Pati took over May 30, 2019, the debt ballooned further to
K53 billion (up K27 billion),” he added.
PNG Cyber Monitor reproduces below a few GE22 news updates as published by The National:
Unseat Pangu: Namah
June 17, 2022The NationalMain Stories
OPPOSITION Leader and
Papua New Guinea (PNG) Party leader Belden Namah claims that the Pangu Pati-led
Government has borrowed too much.
“They must, therefore, refrain from returning Pangu Pati candidates to
Parliament in General Election 2022 (GE22),” he added.
Namah said when the late Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare was prime minister, the
country’s debt was K8.6 billion.
“Somare managed the debt well with prudent financial management.
“But when the People’s National Congress (PNC) party took over the Government,
the debt ballooned to K26 billion (or up K17.4 billion).
“When Pangu Pati took over on May 30, 2019, the debt ballooned further to K53
billion (up K27 billion),” he added.
Namah was speaking at a PNG Party rally in Ratavul village in Kokopo, East New
Britain, this week.
He said the Pangu Pati, in the past three years, borrowed K27 billion but
“there are no investments or development to show”.
Meanwhile, Namah told The National that his party would amend
the country’s Constitution to allow religion to be a department of its own and
one-tenth of the national budget would be allocated to boost the work of
spreading the gospel .
“I will remove religion from the Community Development and Religion Department
and a new ministry for religion,” he added.
“The department will be ministered by the Papua New Guinea Council of
Churches.”
Country still struggling, broken, Sir Peter says
From left: Enga
Governor Sir Peter Ipatas, National Capital District regional candidate Sylvia
Pascoe, Moresby North-East candidate Tanya Bale and Moresby North-West
candidate Anna Bais. The three women, and Moresby South candidate Michelle
Hau’ofa, are contesting the General Election 2022 under the People’s Party
banner led by Sir Peter Ipatas. – Nationalpic by NICKY BERNARD
By LULU MAGINDE
SIR Peter Ipatas says
the country is almost 50 years old but is still struggling to find its way
forward.
Sir Peter, the founder of the People’s Party, also said the country was
“broken”.
“It is time to vote for leaders who will serve this country,” he said.
He was in Port Moresby yesterday to support the party’s four women candidates –
Tanya Bale (Moresby North-East), Michelle Hau’ofa (Moresby South), Anna Bais
(Moresby North-West) and Sylvia Pascoe (Regional).
“It is why I have come to the nation’s capital to give the four women a chance
to provide that service to you.”
On the challenges faced by people in the National Capital District, he said
corruption was “visible everywhere in the city”.
He therefore urged voters to elect parties and leaders who show strong
leadership qualities and abhor corruption.
Sir Peter, the Enga Governor, said during his 25 years in politics, he had
never stolen from the country or the people, which was evident in the
province’s progress.
He vowed to continue fighting for the people because he was concerned about the
plight of future generations “who will have to deal with the legacy of
corruption, shortage of opportunities and crumbling infrastructure”.
“I do not buy votes, or entice (people) to vote for me with lamb flaps or
coke,” he said.
“I have been freely given the mandate for the past 25 years by the people of
Enga.
“And because of that, I have spent 100 per cent of my time thinking about my
people and province.”
He estimates that each year, 18,000 high school leavers try to secure spots in
universities and colleges, or try to find employment in the constricted job
market.
Polling materials
ready: Sinai
June 17, 2022The
NationalMain Stories
He said his office had started sending materials last week and all provinces
should have them ready for polling to begin on July 4.
In a statement yesterday, Sinai said nearly 6,000 polling teams would be
deployed throughout the country.
In releasing the final polling schedule report yesterday, Sinai said polling
would start on July 4 and be conducted in 6,396 wards covering 346 local level
government council areas across the country.
Sinai said around 47,704 temporary election workers (TEWs) would be engaged to
work with the 5,963 polling teams to conduct polling throughout the country.
He said the polling teams have been further broken up into single and multi-day
polling with 4,119 teams deployed for one-day polling and the other 1,844 teams
to conduct multi-day polling.
The commissioner said the number of polling teams had been increased to ensure
polling was conducted at all scheduled polling sites and results delivered
within the required time.
According to the schedule report, the Highlands has the highest with 3,343
polling teams, followed by Southern with 1,144 poll teams and Momase with 966
and New Guinea Islands with 510 teams.
He said one-day polling would be mainly conducted in the Highlands and in
National Capital District, while there would be one-day polling in parts of
West Sepik, Madang, Morobe, New Ireland, West New Britain, Bougainville,
Western, Central and Milne Bay.
“Polling will commence on July 4 and around 11,022 polling booths will open
starting at 8am in 9,625 different polling locations.”
Northern aims to generate K25mil per annum,
says governor
Northern Governor Gary
Juffa meeting the people of Numba in the Afore LLG where he addressed them
yesterday during his campaign.
NORTHERN will start
generating about K25 million per annum following the development of major
infrastructures in the province, Governor Gary Juffa says.
Juffa, who is on the south coast leg of his campaign in the Afore local level
government area, said Northern was growing and experiencing more developments.
He said from an annual revenue of K900,000 a year in 2012, the province will
now be able to generate K25 million.
“Revenue for Oro was K900,000 when I took office today. It’s K7 million and
with the Divune Hydro Power project it will increase to about K25 million.”
Juffa said the provincial government will now be able to generate about K10
million to K15 million through the K70 million Divune Hydro Power project.
“If you think about 2012, Popondetta was called Cowboy town and Northern was
known for law and order issues.
“That is now a thing of the past and it’s about leadership, we took ownership
of our province,” he said.
Juffa said from 2007 to 2012, after Cyclone Guba hit Northern, the Australian
government pledged funding to help rebuild the province but no one did
anything.
“When we took office I spent six months going through the processes and we were
able to attend to all the issues that prevented the development from taking
place in Northern.
“Finally, we completed our task, cleared the way and the bridges were built and
the airport was built,” he said. Juffa said the Divune Hydro project was
dormant for 35 years until 2014 when an agreement was signed between the Asian
Development Bank (ADB), PNG Power Ltd and the national and provincial
governments.
Pangu Pati will not run against Juffa, says
Marape
By HELEN TARAWA
PRIME Minister James
Marape says he will support likeminded young leaders who are committed to
taking back the country from corruption, greed, complacency and foreign
interests.
Marape said this in response to questions about why his Papua New Guinea Union
(Pangu) Pati did not endorse a candidate for the Northern regional seat.
He told The National that he would not challenge a leader who had a similar
mindset.
He made reference to Northern Governor Gary Juffa whom he said was a foundation
member of his coalition and a loyal supporter.
“Governor Juffa is a foundation member of my coalition of likeminded young
leaders committed to taking back our country from corruption, greed,
complacency and foreign interests,” Marape said.
“Why will I challenge someone who has the same mindset and remained one of my
government’s loyal supporters?”
Juffa, leader of the People’s Movement for Change party, has served two terms
(2012-2017 and 2017-2022) and is now contesting the regional seat for the third
time.
He is up against 46 candidates – 41 men and five women.
Currently in his south coastal leg of the campaign trail in Afore, Juffa said
Northern had experienced change under his administration and would continue to
develop.
Candidates not allowed to use health
facilities: CEO
By MICHAEL PHILIP
THE East New Britain (ENB) Health Authority has banned General Election 2022
(GE22) candidates from campaigning in health facilities, its chief executive
officer Dr Ako Yap says.
“The ban was decided by the authority board to avoid the destruction of health
facilities as experienced in past general elections,” he added.
“ENB is a good province in terms of law and order. Let us maintain this,
especially during GE22. We do not want law and order issues to break out in our
facilities,” Yap said.
He said apart from avoiding destruction ofd health facilities, “our main
concern is the possible impact of a Coronavirus (Covid-19) spike after GE22”.
“We are predicting a spike in Covid-19 positive cases during GE22. From
observation, people no longer adhere to the Niupela Pasin (New
Normal) public health guidelines at election rallies.
“For now, the GE22 activities had not affected health services.”
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