Lino Tom on Vote of No Confidence Date:  September 11, 2024 Author:  Duncan Gabi By Dr. Lino Tom MP PNG is a democracy meaning “RULE by PUBLIC but MAJORITY CONSENT”. Our constitution prescribes or has put in certain provisions to hold the Government to ACCOUNT and one of them is the opportunity for a “VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE” in the Prime Minister. It’s not a “GAME” as some like to depict. It’s a sacred opportunity to test confidence in the way a Government is run and held to account. The only factors any INTELLIGENT and SANE leader should consider when making his or her decision is the basic SOCIOECONOMIC indices of the country. Nothing more, nothing less. Masquerading with cheap political gimmicks and flouting basic principles of morality and good government is an insult to our people. Politics in PNG gets away with mediocrity and poor performance as most of our people are uneducated, ignorant and very credulous; the educated heavily taxed masses who carry the weight of our na...

𝐖𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐌𝐚𝐏𝐇𝐀 𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐔𝐓𝐘 𝐁𝐎𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐄𝐎 𝕊𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕕𝕒𝕪, 17𝕥𝕙 𝕠𝕗 𝕄𝕒𝕪, 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟝 A heated argument broke out on Thursday morning between the Deputy Chairman of the Madang Provincial Health Authority [MaPHA], Young Wadau, and the Acting CEO, Dr Sammy Thomas, during a meeting with hospital staff. The argument happened when Dr Thomas arrived at the hospital and found Mr Wadau already speaking to the staff. Dr Thomas was apparently not happy and attempted to stop the meeting, however; was met with stiff opposition from the deputy chairman. The meeting was initiated by the Madang branch of the National Doctors’ Association [NDA]. They had planned to speak with MaPHA’s senior management earlier in the week, but the meeting did not happen because Dr Thomas said he was sick. Since the MaPHA Board Chairman, Dr Boga Figa, was not available, the doctors asked Deputy Chairman Wadau to attend instead. Jus...

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