Chaos in PNG politics as prime minister adjourns parliament, avoiding no confidence vote Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea’s prime minister, James Marape, has adjourned parliament for four months, avoiding a vote of confidence that would have likely removed him from office.
The adjournment was announced late on Wednesday, with the government citing the Covid-19 outbreak in the country as the reason. On Tuesday, the government announced that 36 parliamentary staffers and one MP had tested positive for Covid-19 in the last week.
It came after the opposition announced Peter O’Neill, the former prime minister of Papua New Guinea, was their preferred candidate for the country’s top job.