From PAUL OATES
Was someone 'Unready' for the UN REDD + talks?
Papua New Guinea media report that PM Somare has arrived back in the country and reported that the REDD + talks (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) were successful.
Having redd, sorry read the reports coming from the REDD+ meeting in China one may well ask: "Successful for whom?'
A simple check on the Internet reveals an entirely different picture to that being portrayed by PM Somare.
Clearly the talks ended in a debacle with PNG being held responsible to the failure to agree on any real achievement.
In fact, it is reported that the PNG co-chair was not actually a PNG national and had to take instructions over the telephone from a mysterious third party.
A quote from the following website says: http://recoftc.wordpress.com/2010/10/10/cancun-dead-ahead-for-redd/
"The Coalition for Rainforest Nations (associates of the PNG co-chair) contend that industrialised nations have used the stakeholder issue as a smokescreen to cover their unwillingness to meet financing commitments, according to this report from Ecosystem Marketplace. " But this is disingenuous. Indonesia, Nepal and Viet Nam have all received multilateral funds.
" CfRN officials, on behalf of PNG, have actively stalled the initiation of the UN-REDD country programme.
" It appears that they are unhappy with the scrutiny that UN agencies would have over the funds."
So exactly how was this conference so successful for PNG?
Clearly the PM must be using a different definition of success to everyone else.
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http://recoftc.wordpress.com/2010/10/07/dont-blame-png/
Don't Blame PNG!
Posted on October 7, 2010 by recoftc
The REDD+ partnership descended into a public farce on Tuesday evening
. I'm not letting any cats out of the bag by noting that the Papua New Guinea delegation is being pointedly blamed for derailing these important discussions, by the whole spectrum of participants here in Tianjin.
This is a tragedy for PNG.
Two years ago, the country and its negotiating team was still central to the rapid development of REDD as a concept and as a model of progress for the wider climate debate.
As well as initiating the Coalition for Rainforest Nations, PNG was a key early target of the UN-REDD and World Bank-funded FCPF, the main multilateral funding channels for REDD readiness.
The country had credibility as a serious player, even a leader, in the development of REDD.
That credibility is under serious threat.
It has been deteriorating rapidly with civil society, at home and abroad, for some time.
After the last few days, it must surely be severely damaged in the eyes of fellow delegates.
On Tuesday evening, the co-chair of the partnership, representing PNG, infuriated a roomful of delegates and civil society observers by single-handedly blocking - again - any discussions on stakeholder participation.
Against the express wishes of the vast majority of delegations, stakeholder participation was at the bottom of the agenda.
Two hours went by, agonisingly, as delegates, one after another, proposed discussing the topic immediately and the co-chair, with rapidly diminishing authority, continued to claim a lack of consensus to move forward.
She proposed (and was denied) a closed meeting to discuss the matter, contrary to a clear decision at the weekend to keep all partnership meetings open to civil society.
Eventually, visibly distressed by the experience, she requested a five minute recess to confer with her Japanese co-chair, but instead made a half-hour phone call to a mysterious contact.
However, PNG must not be blamed for this.
The co-chair herself is not from the country - apparently she has never set foot there.
This is but the latest in a trend of outsourcing of REDD matters to non-nationals, often at considerable expense and nearly always to the detriment of the interests of the people of PNG.
As Thomas Paka of Eco-Forestry Forum points out, how can such a strategy build the local skills and competencies required to run a sustainable national REDD programme?
Why are these resources spent on exorbitant consultancies instead of practical, domestic readiness activities?
PNG's civil society representatives continue to gain respect through their frank, constructive engagement at these talks.
There is clearly no shortage of home-grown talent which could enrich the delegation.
For the time being, they can only stand by and watch as PNG's opportunity for international influence and investment diminishes.
Don't blame them.
Ben Vickers, 6 October 2010
http://recoftc.wordpress.com/2010/10/10/cancun-dead-ahead-for-redd/
Cancun Dead Ahead for REDD.
Posted on October 10, 2010 by recoftc
So we move on again.
For the REDD+ partnership, the next stop was to be Nagoya, where the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will meet for its 10th COP later this month.
A ministerial meeting at this event, which would have made REDD+ a bridge between the CBD and UNFCCC processes, is off.
After several wasted meetings, on Friday the Japanese co-chair announced the cancellation of the Nagoya summit.
There is nothing of practical significance for ministers to endorse.
As the delegate from the Dominican Republic put it; 'I cannot ask my minister to fly 24 hours to announce the launch of a website'.
The painful, embarrassingly slow progress of the REDD+ partnership talks at Tianjin is the reason for this backtracking.
The partnership meeting on Friday did approve a 'non-paper' on stakeholder participation devised by the co-chairs, but this has no formal weight.
The Coalition for Rainforest Nations (associates of the PNG co-chair) contend that industrialised nations have used the stakeholder issue as a smokescreen to cover their unwillingness to meet financing commitments, according to this report from Ecosystem Marketplace. But this is disingenuous. Indonesia, Nepal and Viet Nam have all received multilateral funds. CfRN officials, on behalf of PNG, have actively stalled the initiation of the UN-REDD country programme.
It appears that they are unhappy with the scrutiny that UN agencies would have over the funds.
What can we expect in Cancun?
Well, the Mexican government expects this conference to be the 'REDD COP', where the main headline will be a binding UNFCCC decision on REDD+.
This is, of course, not a formal position, as it would be an official lowering of expectations.
But at least such an ambition is still achievable, and would represent considerable progress.
This week's talks have put a dent in such hopes.
But some indigenous peoples' groups are encouraged by the travails of the REDD+ partnership.
They would like to see the UNFCCC itself regain control of the REDD agenda.
At a recent workshop in Xcaret, Mexico, with indigenous peoples groups and key REDD participating states, Mexico indicated that it would like to see social safeguards mainstreamed throughout the UNFCCC protocols, not just confined to REDD+ discussions, as it often is at present.
Bolivia would like the backing of global indigenous peoples' groups for their strident anti-market position on REDD+.
But, despite the sympathy of many IPs with this position, formal support is unlikely.
These groups value their independence above all, and will probably not formally tie themselves to any government body.
The launch of a Climate Fund, to allow developing countries to access finance for adaptation, is likely to be a key feature of the Cancun talks.
The Fund will probably be managed by the World Bank, but under the oversight of the COP itself, which will temper the opprobrium that many in the South naturally feel towards the Bank's track record.
RECOFTC will be in Cancun to follow these developments.
In the meantime, keep expectations low and ambitions high.
Catch up with us again in Mexico.
Ben Vickers, 9 October 2010
http://recoftc.org/site/fileadmin/docs/publications/The_Grey_Zone/2010/Media2_Decoding_REDD_.pdf
(in part only...)
Why should journalists cover forests and climate?
Tropical Asia is collectively a "biodiversity superpower," possessing vast natural capital crucial for the well-being of future generations.
About 3.7 million hectares of natural forests are destroyed every year in the Asia-Pacific,*risking the stability of ecosystems, communities, economies and the planet's fundamental capacity to support life.
Tropical forest destruction frequently involves conflict between people, often violent conflict.
Forests have a critical role to play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and stabilising the climate. It is estimated that forest destruction results in global CO2 emissions equal to the transport sector, or about 17% of total emissions.
Ongoing international climate change negotiations have so far not produced the results that scientists and many policy makers argue are necessary to prevent catastrophic changes in the global climate. But efforts to reach agreement on the role of forests in addressing climate change are moving ahead much faster than other facets of the talks. This effort, known as "REDD+" is currently leading the way in UN climate deliberations.
REDD+ (which stands for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) is still a work in progress, and the future impact of REDD+ on conflict, environment, and poverty could be either positive or negative. What emerges will be one of the biggest stories of our time.
The 450 million people living in and around Asia-Pacific forests have a stake in the success of REDD+. The extent to which they have a voice and a say in REDD+ will determine its success.
and further on.....
Credits, cowboys, and other money matters
The matter of scale raises questions of how to get started with REDD+ (Where? Who? How much money?). Some early controversies suggest the obstacles ahead. These also make for great stories.
In general, of course, it pays to follow the money. A recent and disturbing story to consider comes from Liberia, where "carbon cowboys" allegedly bribed Liberian forest officials in a deal that could have bankrupted the entire country. A similar story emerged in Papua New Guinea in 2009.
Speculators and swindlers will naturally try to profit from the confusion of a new concept like REDD+. Journalists can help clarify matters and expose abuses.
and more yet ...
Who owns the forest?
In Brazil, the Juma project rewards communities with direct payments from local government for good forest stewardship.
In many Asia-Pacific countries, national authorities still claim ownership of the nation's forests, inhibiting a sense of local stake in forest protection.
REDD+ "refocuses us on the question, who do forests belong to?" said Joseph Zacune, a climate and energy coordinator at Friends of the Earth.
"In the absence of secure land rights, indigenous peoples and other forest dependent communities have no guarantees that they'll benefit from REDD+.
There's increased likelihood of state and corporate control of their land, especially if the value of forests rises."
While REDD+ didn't create the problem of insecure rights, it affects ongoing efforts to address this issue.
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Yet in today's on line The National, PM Somare reports the REDD + talks ended successfully and he is mobilising further funds for REDD + in PNG. Hmm.....
Voluntary carbon schemes risky, says prime minister
PRIME Minister Sir Michael Somare says the trading of forest carbon through voluntary carbon schemes in PNG is risky, premature and undermines an equitable REDD+ approach that is being promoted by the government.
REDD stands for "reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation", which is aimed at reducing greenhouse gases while delivering "co-benefits" such as biodiversity conservation and poverty alleviation.
The prime minister said in a statement that a domestic climate framework was not yet finalised to protect and safeguard the interests of landowners dealing with carbon trading issues in voluntary arrangements.
Rather, he encouraged forest owners to involve themselves in REDD+ demonstration projects with the guidelines being developed by the government through the Office of Climate Change and Development (OCCD).
He said this was because additional readiness efforts were required to allow for the sustainable and equitable participation of landowners under a global REDD+ framework.
"The voluntary trading of forest carbon is inadvisable at this time."
Sir Michael expressed concern that voluntary carbon trading schemes were thinly capitalised (around US$350 million per year globally) and were outside of the international REDD+ framework.
The REDD+ partnership, for which PNG is co-chair along with Japan, had received pledges of US$4.5 billion over the next two years under the Copenhagen Accord.
The REDD+ partnership meeting successfully concluded on Saturday at the margins of the UNFCCC climate conference in Tianjin, China, having reached agreement on stakeholder participation and agreeing to complete the 2011-12 work programme by December.
As a first step, PNG recently submitted its application to access the first US$6.4 million from the international UN-REDD programme to develop a new system to help landowners monitor and verify their forest resources, which would help PNG prepare for the implementation of REDD+ initiatives.
"Moreover, my government is holding ongoing discussions to mobilise further funds for REDD+ in PNG," the prime minister said.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Will Papua New Guinea cash in on 'carbon credits'?
From PAUL OATES
A carbon credit is a generic term for any tradable certificate or permit representing the right to emit one tonne of carbon dioxide or carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2). (Wikipedia definition)
A carbon credit is a generic term for any tradable certificate or permit representing the right to emit one tonne of carbon dioxide or carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2). (Wikipedia definition)
The concept of Carbon Credits came out of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC).
Under the Kyoto Protocol, those who are currently producing greenhouse gases and primarily Carbon Dioxide (CO2) a gas that is reportedly causing global warming, are allowed to offset that production of CO2 with carbon credits.
Carbon Ccedits can also be traded between those who have them and those who need them in order to continue their CO2 producing activities as usual without suffering any yet to be determined penalties.
In order to understand how the carbon credit trade is progressing, an organization called Probe International has compiled an 'on line' data base of those credits that reveals who is cashing in on carbon credits: http://www.probeinternational.org/carbon_credits/1/host%2430/from_date%242005%2C10%2C20/to_date%242010%2C10%2C9
Significantly, Papua New Guinea currently only figures in two out of many hundreds of transactions so far.
One of the major producers of greenhouse gases (China) and therefore CO2, is apparently also one of the biggest recipients of carbon credits.
PNG PM sees RED(D)
PM Somare has been
ery critical of agencies such as the UN and the World Bank who are trying to specify how carbon credits can actually be monitored. PNG is co-chair of the REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) negotiations. Apparently PNG is arguing that a reduction in monitoring of the eventual process will speed up negotiations.
It doesn't take the proverbial 'Blind Freddy' to work out what Somare actually wants?
Sam Moko, a PNG forests campaigner, is quoted as saying. "With a reputation of corruption, complete disregard for land owner rights, free and prior informed consent and accurate estimations of likely benefits, PNG is in no fit state to be receiving REDD funding without strict conditions in place.
"The PNG delegation is using its position to keep green groups and indigenous people's groups away from meetings in an attempt to keep rules on social and biodiversity safeguards out of the REDD framework."
Carbon sinks
Previous guarantees have been made by European countries that they would provide billions of dollars to countries who currently still have rainforests to keep their forests in the ground and thus provide a 'carbon sink'.
A carbon sink is a term that refers to a method of sustainably capturing free carbon dioxide and thus removing the carbon from the Earth's atmosphere.
Forests are one method of achieving this requirement. In essence, this is what happened millions of years ago during the Carboniferous Period when the deposits of coal were formed that are now being burnt to produce electricity.
So the position of the PNG government concerning carbon trading may seem to be rather ambiguous.
On one hand, the government has clearly sanctioned the large scale felling and extraction of PNG native forests.
Yet on the hand, it is now claiming to be frustrated at delays in receiving payments from those counties that have previously agreed to provide funds to leave PNG forests alone to act as a 'carbon sink'.
The full cost of alternative energy
Those who are currently proposing the use of alternative energy production should logically also be proposing a negative period from the date of the installation of the wind generator or solar panel in order to compensate for the amount of greenhouse gases produced during the manufacture of the device.
Introducing large wind and solar powered electricity generators to PNG may therefore be very disadvantagious to the future user in the short term. The long term benefits may also be questioned if these devices breakdown and have to be replaced.
PNG's potential power sources
PNG's abundant potential for hydroelectric generation has been eyed off by the Queensland government who have recently announced a potential scheme to bring electricity from the Purari to Queensland via an under sea cable link.
Yet what happens when PNG needs this power and the potential carbon credits that go with it, herself?
The media has recently reported that the residents of the potential hydro scheme apparently know nothing about it.
The concept therefore of a vulnerable power cable being disrupted by disgruntled PNG landowners is not impossible to imagine.
A carbon tax and PNG
It seems an apparent travesty that a 'carbon tax' is being touted by some countries as a way of reducing CO2 emissions.
Yet those who may be least able to afford this tax may have to pay this additional cost on top of the current cost of a product. Everyday items imported and used by PNG consumers may soon become more expensive if this tax is imposed by countries that produce exports to PNG.
Increasing world energy requirements
The problem of energy production is further complicated by an ever increasing world population that requires more and more electricity.
The more energy required currently equates to more CO2 than can be captured and stored by the ever decreasing world forests.
The problem for PNG is that many of the local forests have already been felled and removed in a non-sustainable manner by reportedly foreign-owned timber companies.
The overall dilemma is that while countries currently producing excess CO2 are allowed to trade carbon credits with those who have them, there will be no real change in the overall amount of CO2 being produced and therefore, no benefit in reducing global warming.
Those claiming global warming is adversely affecting them already seem ponderously slow in grasping this axiomatic 'nettle'.
What's in it for PNG?
Can PNG effectively benefit from any effective carbon trading?
It seems 'the jury is still out' on this question.
Under the Kyoto Protocol, those who are currently producing greenhouse gases and primarily Carbon Dioxide (CO2) a gas that is reportedly causing global warming, are allowed to offset that production of CO2 with carbon credits.
Carbon Ccedits can also be traded between those who have them and those who need them in order to continue their CO2 producing activities as usual without suffering any yet to be determined penalties.
In order to understand how the carbon credit trade is progressing, an organization called Probe International has compiled an 'on line' data base of those credits that reveals who is cashing in on carbon credits: http://www.probeinternational.org/carbon_credits/1/host%2430/from_date%242005%2C10%2C20/to_date%242010%2C10%2C9
Significantly, Papua New Guinea currently only figures in two out of many hundreds of transactions so far.
One of the major producers of greenhouse gases (China) and therefore CO2, is apparently also one of the biggest recipients of carbon credits.
PNG PM sees RED(D)
PM Somare has been
ery critical of agencies such as the UN and the World Bank who are trying to specify how carbon credits can actually be monitored. PNG is co-chair of the REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) negotiations. Apparently PNG is arguing that a reduction in monitoring of the eventual process will speed up negotiations.
It doesn't take the proverbial 'Blind Freddy' to work out what Somare actually wants?
Sam Moko, a PNG forests campaigner, is quoted as saying. "With a reputation of corruption, complete disregard for land owner rights, free and prior informed consent and accurate estimations of likely benefits, PNG is in no fit state to be receiving REDD funding without strict conditions in place.
"The PNG delegation is using its position to keep green groups and indigenous people's groups away from meetings in an attempt to keep rules on social and biodiversity safeguards out of the REDD framework."
Carbon sinks
Previous guarantees have been made by European countries that they would provide billions of dollars to countries who currently still have rainforests to keep their forests in the ground and thus provide a 'carbon sink'.
A carbon sink is a term that refers to a method of sustainably capturing free carbon dioxide and thus removing the carbon from the Earth's atmosphere.
Forests are one method of achieving this requirement. In essence, this is what happened millions of years ago during the Carboniferous Period when the deposits of coal were formed that are now being burnt to produce electricity.
So the position of the PNG government concerning carbon trading may seem to be rather ambiguous.
On one hand, the government has clearly sanctioned the large scale felling and extraction of PNG native forests.
Yet on the hand, it is now claiming to be frustrated at delays in receiving payments from those counties that have previously agreed to provide funds to leave PNG forests alone to act as a 'carbon sink'.
The full cost of alternative energy
Those who are currently proposing the use of alternative energy production should logically also be proposing a negative period from the date of the installation of the wind generator or solar panel in order to compensate for the amount of greenhouse gases produced during the manufacture of the device.
Introducing large wind and solar powered electricity generators to PNG may therefore be very disadvantagious to the future user in the short term. The long term benefits may also be questioned if these devices breakdown and have to be replaced.
PNG's potential power sources
PNG's abundant potential for hydroelectric generation has been eyed off by the Queensland government who have recently announced a potential scheme to bring electricity from the Purari to Queensland via an under sea cable link.
Yet what happens when PNG needs this power and the potential carbon credits that go with it, herself?
The media has recently reported that the residents of the potential hydro scheme apparently know nothing about it.
The concept therefore of a vulnerable power cable being disrupted by disgruntled PNG landowners is not impossible to imagine.
A carbon tax and PNG
It seems an apparent travesty that a 'carbon tax' is being touted by some countries as a way of reducing CO2 emissions.
Yet those who may be least able to afford this tax may have to pay this additional cost on top of the current cost of a product. Everyday items imported and used by PNG consumers may soon become more expensive if this tax is imposed by countries that produce exports to PNG.
Increasing world energy requirements
The problem of energy production is further complicated by an ever increasing world population that requires more and more electricity.
The more energy required currently equates to more CO2 than can be captured and stored by the ever decreasing world forests.
The problem for PNG is that many of the local forests have already been felled and removed in a non-sustainable manner by reportedly foreign-owned timber companies.
The overall dilemma is that while countries currently producing excess CO2 are allowed to trade carbon credits with those who have them, there will be no real change in the overall amount of CO2 being produced and therefore, no benefit in reducing global warming.
Those claiming global warming is adversely affecting them already seem ponderously slow in grasping this axiomatic 'nettle'.
What's in it for PNG?
Can PNG effectively benefit from any effective carbon trading?
It seems 'the jury is still out' on this question.
Family home razed
A house along the Angau Drive in Boroko was completely gutted
by fire on Friday afternoon, The National reports.
It is unclear how the fire started, but the owner
and his family was not home when the fire started.
The flames spread quickly and
engulfed the entire house.
Residents call the emergency number 000 for the Fire
Service to respond to the emergency,
but the number just rang out.
“We called 000 so many times but that line is
useless,” a frustrated bystander, who lives in the area, said.
A fire truck
arrived 35 minutes later, but angry residents and bystanders stoned the truck,
and it sped away. Minutes later it returned, escorted by police.
Firemen got to
work to prevent the flames spreading to nearby houses.
Even to get the water
main near the street side to work, so the hose could be connected, took about 10
minutes. – Nationalpics by EKAR KEAPU
Crash kills two
Survey shows alcohol is main killer
By ANGELINE KARIUS
TWO people are dead and seven others are nursing injuries at the Port Moresby General Hospital when their vehicle overturned along the Sogeri road on Saturday, The National reports.
The two killed were believed to be from Enga, one of them a final-year medical student at the
PMGH accidents and emergency coordinator Dr Sam Yockopua said two of those injured were women.
He said four other males were still at the emergency ward with injuries and receiving treatment. They were expected to be discharged today.
Yockopua said the driver was also believed to be injured but did not turn up at the hospital for treatment.
He said five males and four females were continuing their drinking spree when the accident happened.
They were reported to be returning to the city from Sogeri in a white Toyota Fifth Element when the accident happened.
Police could not be reached for comments on the accident, but eyewitnesses said the driver lost control as the vehicle was approaching a bend at speed, and the car ran off the road.
Yockopua said that there should be zero tolerance on drink-driving and tougher penalties imposed on those who were caught.
He said a report would soon be released showing a high rate of alcohol-related casualties.
He said the report showed that between 50% and 70% of 550 casualties were related to road traffic accidents (RTA) and 100% of the accidents along the Hiritano and Magi highways were alcohol-related.
The survey was conducted between January and June last year.
Yockopua said this was proof that alcohol was a road killer, and appealed to the authorities to act now.
“Drunken motorists are causing unnecessary accidents, taking away lives and harming others.
“There are very careless people who should not be allowed to drive around, and authorities should do something about this,” he added.
Polye's wife charged with misusing car
By JAMES APA GUMUNO
THE wife of Deputy Prime Minister Don Polye was arrested last Friday by Mt Hagen police for allegedly illegally driving around in Kandep’s electoral vehicle, The National reports.
She was arrested last Friday morning and charged with the illegal use of an electoral vehicle under the Motor Traffic Act.
She was later released after posting a bail of K200. The vehicle was locked up at the police station.
Metropolitan commander Chief Insp John Kale said she had used the vehicle to transport her family members to Goroka and back to Mt Hagen.
She was arrested following a complaint from the Kandep district administration.
She would appear before the Mt Hagen District Court today for mention.
Kale said police would act firmly on complaints of abuse of public property, regardless of who the complaint was against.
The deputy prime minister, when contacted, commended police for doing a good job without fear or favour.
He said it was not a family vehicle.
He said he could not use his position as deputy prime minister to defend his wife, and would allow the law to take its course.
Namah leads PNG Party
By JEFFREY ELAPA
MEMBER for Vanimo-Green Belden Namah is the new leader for PNG Party, The National reports.
He takes over from founder and former prime minister Sir Mekere Morauta.
A handover ceremony for the media took place last Friday.
Namah, former forest minister and a central part of the National Alliance party, defected to the opposition with former deputy prime minister Sir Puka Temu and former culture and tourism minister Charles Abel in July.
A plot to remove Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare during the July sitting did not succeed.
The PNG Party suffered defections to the government recently before Namah’s arrival.
Imbonggu MP Francis Awesa, Chimbu Governor Fr John Garia, and Henganofi MP Ferao Orimyao recently announced they were leaving the party to join the United Resource Party.
Sir Mekere told reporters at the handover ceremony that PNG Party was a national institution, and, therefore, the party wanted to make a change in the political landscape in the country by giving away the leadership to a young and vibrant leader as he was old and do not want to continue to hold on to the party leadership.
“A new generation of leadership must take place, and, therefore, I have stood down as the party leader.
“I have every confidence in his leadership and I am confident that he can grow the party,” he said.
Sir Mekere continues to hold on the opposition leadership until the members of the opposition meets and decides who should take over.
Namah said others should take the cue from Sir Mekere and follow suit.
“It’s time for Sir Michael and others to do the same and allow young and vibrant leaders to run the country while they sit behind and advise, rather than selfishly holding on to power,” he said.
Namah said he was determined to remove the Somare-Polye government come November.
Meanwhile, Anglimp-South Waghi MP Jamie Maxtone-Graham, when applauding Sir Mekere, said other “old dinosaurs” holding on to power should do the same to allow young leaders to take the lead.
Goroka MP Thompson Horokaqveh also declared his move to PNG Party by leaving Pangu Pati to support the opposition for a change of government.
Friday, October 08, 2010
Wosera Gawi rural electrification programme is of no use
By JAMES WANJIK
THE Member for Wosera Gawi, Ronald Asik, has done nothing of worth since 2007 to keep the people of Wosera Gawi happy.
His credit scheme for cocoa fermentries is now a popular wasted effort.
The Nunguaia Bongos Agro Forestry project has landed two groups in land dispute and destruction of property.
Roadworks in
And recently we hear of rural electrification (The National, October 01, p.4).
K 1 million he is allocating will not benefit any Wosera Gawi person.
Hearing of other districts' electrification programmes Ronald Asik jumped on the bandwagon without any development plan.
Who is Asik trying to provoke with his no-impact programme?
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