Added: Dec 13, 2011
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Duration: 2:13
Tensions are high on the streets of Port Moresby as Papua New Guinea's governor-general refuses to take sides in the country's political deadlock. The Supreme Court yesterday ruled Sir Michael Somare's removal from the prime minister's office in August was unlawful and ordered he be reinstated. But Peter O'Neill, the man who replaced him, maintains he is the country's legitimate leader. This afternoon he and 60 other MPs broke through a police barricade at government house and demanded to see Sir Michael Ogio, shouting "we're unarmed and we're the legitimate government". Sir Michael's secretary told them the head of state was confused by the court's order and said no-one would be sworn in as prime minister. Through his secretary, the governor-general urged the parties to sort out the issue among themselves. But Mr O'Neill claims he is still the legitimate prime minster and says he is not backing down. He was granted a short audience with the governor-general before he and his group left government house. Despite Monday's supreme court ruling, parliament resumed this morning with Mr O'Neill and his supporters occupying the government side of the chamber. Speaker Jeffrey Nape made a brief statement reiterating that retrospective laws passed yesterday meant Sir Michael Somare was not the prime minister and no longer an MP. He said Sir Michael was now an ordinary person and Mr O'Neill was PNG's legitimate leader. Sir Michael lost his job while overseas recovering from three heart operations, but the 75-year-old says he is fit enough to resume his old job. "My doctors in Singapore, they've vowed that my health is as good as any. I'm old enough to be a 40-year-old again." There were reports this afternoon that Sir Michael was on his way to government house to be sworn in as prime minister but he did not appear. News curtesy of ABC australia: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-13/png-tensions-high-as-mps-breach-barricades/3729292
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jeremiahjj292 Says:
May 23, 2012 - somare should get kicked out of parlament,His time is up.And his not even 40 his about 60.if your the one that got the countrys indipendants and the country is 35 and your 40, come on where you like 5 when you got the indipendants, the point is your to old to run the country.