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August 5, 2022
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby People’s National Congress party leader Peter O’Neill has blown the race for the Papua New Guinea prime minister’s job wide open by declaring he will not run for the country’s top post. As the national election winds down and lobbying intensifies among Pangu Pati, People’s National Congress (PNC), United ... <a title="O’Neill ‘bombshell’ throws top position in PNG elections wide open" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/05/oneill-bombshell-throws-top-position-in-png-elections-wide-open/" aria-label="Read more about O’Neill ‘bombshell’ throws top position in PNG elections wide open">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2022
PNG Post-Courier Today is officially the last day of campaigning in Papua New Guinea’s 2022 National General Election. Count tomorrow until Monday as rest days, but in politically charged PNG, anything is possible, including illegal last-minute clandestine campaigning. Polling is set to begin Tuesday, July 4, when millions will exercise their democratic right at the ... <a title="Titanic power struggle tipped for PNG’s ‘game changer’ election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/02/titanic-power-struggle-tipped-for-pngs-game-changer-election/" aria-label="Read more about Titanic power struggle tipped for PNG’s ‘game changer’ election">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2022
PNG Post-Courier Three major parties have emerged as frontrunners to form the next government in Papua New Guinea with their party leaders eager to be next Prime Minister. These are current coalition leader PANGU, headed by incumbent Prime Minister James Marape, opposition leader Belden Namah’s PNG Party and the People’s National Congress led by former ... <a title="Namah challenges among frontrunners for PNG’s next prime minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/22/namah-challenges-among-frontrunners-for-pngs-next-prime-minister/" aria-label="Read more about Namah challenges among frontrunners for PNG’s next prime minister">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific journalist Papua New Guinea’s Peoples’ National Congress is shaping up as the party to watch as the country’s general election approaches. Nominations are set to finish later today with campaigning then in earnest through to early July when voting starts. The Peoples’ National Congress (PNC) is led by Peter O’Neill ... <a title="PNG elections: Peoples’ National Congress party endorses 90 plus candidates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/png-elections-peoples-national-congress-party-endorses-90-plus-candidates/" aria-label="Read more about PNG elections: Peoples’ National Congress party endorses 90 plus candidates">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Michael Kabuni and Stephen Howes Central to the selection of the prime minister in Papua New Guinea following a general election is Section 63 of PNG’s Organic Law on Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates (OLIPPAC), which was passed in 2001 (and then amended in 2003). Section 63 requires that the Governor-General invites ... <a title="How a law change in PNG has fostered prime ministerial incumbency bias" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/02/how-a-law-change-in-png-has-fostered-prime-ministerial-incumbency-bias/" aria-label="Read more about How a law change in PNG has fostered prime ministerial incumbency bias">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Seven Pangu Pati members join the breakaway camp hoping to ousted Prime Minister Peter O’Neill. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk All five MPs from Sandaun province have now joined Papua New Guinea’s breakaway camp at Port Moresby’s Laguna Hotel after the return of Sandaun Governor Tony Wouwou. Wearing a Trukai Fun Run t-shirt, ... <a title="Wouwou rejoins PNG breakaway camp as O’Neill loses more support in crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/wouwou-rejoins-png-breakaway-camp-as-oneill-loses-more-support-in-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Wouwou rejoins PNG breakaway camp as O’Neill loses more support in crisis">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2017
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