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16 December 2020 6:29 GMT Updated  16 December 2020 13:16 GMT in  Wellington Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has survived an attempt to remove him from office after avoiding a vote of no confidence in parliament. It was reported by local media in PNG that 17 members of parliament crossed back to the government benches to boost the prime minister's house majority. These were some of the government parliamentarians who had joined the opposition benches in a power play in mid November designed to usher in a new government. The members who returned back to Marape's si...

Papua New Guinea prime minister James Marape. Photo: PNG PM media A motion of no confidence in Papua New Guinea's prime minister, James Marape, has been withdrawn ending weeks of political unrest in the country. The withdrawal followed the return to government of 18 dissenting MPs including the reinstated deputy prime minister Sam Basil. Capitalising on the renewed numerical strength the government retabled and passed its 2021 budget and adjourned parliament until April next year. This comes after the courts ruled an earlier sitting in November, during which the budget was first passed, unco...

Frenemies forever? PNG’s prime minister sees off a challenge Prime Minister James Marape (Peter Morris/Sydney Heads) Published 16 Dec 2020 14:30   0 Comments     So was this serious? Or have the past month’s political events been a cunningly disguised economic rescue package for Papua New Guinea’s resort and restaurant industries? It was more than a month ago that PNG was thrown into political crisis when Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil led a number of ministers and MPs to walk away from the government ...

Papua New Guinea prime minister James Marape. Photo: PNG PM media The opposition's planned motion of no confidence against Marape, signed earlier this week, was never tabled when parliament adjourned today. Up to eighteen MPs were seen crossing back to sit on the government's side of the house, boosting the prime minister's majority to around 70 of the 111-seat parliament. The Bulolo MP, Sam Basil, was among the high profile MPs to bounce back to government after defecting to the Belden Namah-led opposition last month. Today in parliament Basil sat next to Marape, in a sign he was resuming t...

Covid-19 health screening at the Jackson International Airport in Port Moresby. Photo: PNG Department of Health PNG records four more Covid-19 cases. Four new cases of covid-19 have been reported in Papua new Guinea's Western Highlands province. It brings the national tally to 725. There have been eight deaths related to the coronavirus so far. The four new positive cases - all males ranging in age from seven to 32 - were reported in three separate areas. PNG Opposition picks Pruaitch as nominee for PM Papua New Guinea's Opposition has reportedly settled on its candidate for prime minister. ...