Frustration in Papua New Guinea

Most Papua New Guineans are fed up and frustrated with the situation in the country. What has transpired in parliament yesterday where the vote of no confidence by the opposition was not given an opportunity shows that democracy was buried. That was the end of democracy in this country because the current government is being controlled by outsiders. Changes in the Environment Act by the government is just one of the major outstanding issues which this government is avoiding to deal with.

The people had enough of this government. They were hoping that the Prime Minister and National Alliance - the ruling party are replaced but that was not the case. The way the Prime Minister along with his ministers have behaved like criminals yesterday by calling certain leaders in the opposition as dead meat. This is unbecoming of leaders and is totally unacceptable. Infact, it is a disgrace to the people of Papua New Guinea.

Now that we can not expect change at the political level our hope is with peoples' power. People should come out from their cells and speak out. They have to organize and put pressure on the government because the power of the people is equivalent to the power of politics. Our people need to realize that they still have the power regardless of what happened yesterday. What happened yesterday was educational to the people. They have to ensure that they do not vote for the same people and party in the 2012 elections. There is no more time to talk and do awareness, it is time to ACT NOW.