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Papua New Guinea Blogs: O’NEILL A LION WITHOUT TEETH:

By Graham Tenaen Robinson


The 105 MPs gave O’Neill the benefit of the doubt in having dominion over the seat of the Prime Minister, however most importantly are the 7.5 million citizens in this country represented by their MPs in re-correcting a political incorrectness since 1975 with regards to the slaughter of West Papuans .

Always showing a calm and collective pose our O'Neill portrays maturity and experience, yet the moment of truth depicted an uncharacteristic of our PM just on the eve of the last parliament sitting when information was leaked through to his office about the Paul Paraka payment in which the Opposition Leader was aware of.
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Democratic political principles have finally reached the highlands of Papua New Guinea. Tanim—“to change” or “to turn”—is the story of how the Apulin people, the ruling tribe of Enga province, are struggling to balance this alien electoral system, with all its implicit values and practices, with the secure familiarity of their traditional approaches to rule, land ownership, and systems of compensation. Change has come, and the Apulins must now turn their society in a new direction if they are to survive in their ancestral lands. (51 minutes, color)

Item#: BVL33460
Copyright date: ©2003
VHS ISBN 978-0-7365-9604-6
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-9605-3