Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape has rejected opposition leader Belden Namah’s call for him to resign.
Namah’s call came after the Supreme Court yesterday ordered Parliament to sit next Monday, quashing the government’s recent adjournment of Parliament until April.
The court ruled that the Speaker’s move to overrule an earlier adjournment allowed by his deputy and recall Parliament last month, when the opposition was not present, was unconstitutional.
Welcoming the ruling outside the court in Port Moresby, Namah told media that his group was ready to form government.
“We are ready to go into Parliament. We are ready to deliver the government to the people of PNG. We have the majority already,” he said.