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Polye’s big win
suspicious
DON Polye’s landslide victory is applauded and yet I am suspicious
as an independent observer. From the news article (The National,
July 17), he scored 21,000 votes while the runner-up trailed
behind with about 2,000 and the third with just a single vote
making them a mockery of the process. If the 21,000 votes
collected are honest and democratic, then Polye deserves an
inscription on a plaque. Otherwise the win is undemocratic and is
the single biggest national disaster at the polling of the
national election. I am too skeptical of the much admired win of
the Deputy Prime Minister and I am also compelled morally to
explicitly express the unsaid sentiments of many Papua New
Guineans. – Independent Observer, Port Moresby
Simbu needs good roads
I WOULD like to congratulate the seven new MPs elected in Simbu
province. The people have invested trust and hope in your
capabilities to deliver much needed services to them. With your
victories, our hopes are renewed that there would be more
developments taking place. As a Simbu citizen living and working
in the remote areas of the province, I hope the new
Kundiawa-Gembogl MP Joe Mek Teine will give priority to improve
the Kundiawa-Gembogl road and bridges. His plan should also
include upgrading Kundiawa town road networks. To have all
Government services functioning smoothly, it is essential to have
a good road network. – Vincent Don, Mt Wilhelm High School,
Gembogl
Sir Rabbie a great model
Sir Rabbie Namaliu, you have been a great role model. Being a
patriotic East New Britain lad, I am proud of your leadership
quality you displayed in the last 25 years of your political
career, as the member for Kokopo Open and as prime minister. You
started of very well and you ended your political career very
well. And this can be clearly viewed through the way you reacted
to the declaration of your defeat. You were graciously cool,
inspite of the member-elect being sarcastic about your defeat and
saying such things as “sweet revenge for my father” that was a
display of true leadership. I thank you for serving Papua New
Guinea in the way you did. – Namete Junias Penial, Goroka
Digicel user not satisfied
I WANT to express my disappointment with the mobile phone I bought
from Digicel. It was not one of the latest models. I suppose it
was of those cheap unwanted phones from somewhere that Digicel
decided to introduce to PNG. This particular model was selling
like hot cakes as it was less than K100. I was also told by the
sales people that I would be able to make calls to B Mobile users
within days but I read in the paper that this was not so.
Recently, I read that Digicel’s licence has been revoked. What
will happen to those who have bought a Digicel phone? I regret
buying a mobile phone from Digicel. – Little mobile bee, Port
Moresby
Tiensten a capable leader
I WANT to thank the people of Pomio Open electorate in East New
Britain province for giving their mandate to Paul Tiensten for
another term. I have been observing him and his leadership for the
last two years and that he has the quality of taking the people of
Pomio and PNG forward. I understand he has done a lot of work for
the electorate and I hope he will take the people forward in terms
of service delivery and infrastructure development. He has strong
leadership qualities and is capable of representing the people of
Pomio and Papua New Guinea. – R K. Lepi, Port Moresby
SP Cup games lack security
I AM unhappy with the way SP Cup matches are organised this year.
There should be police personnel at every SP Cup sanctioned
grounds to ensure the safety of the public, players and match
officials. There should be some form of entertainment like
previous years. The dress codes for waterboys and ball boys must
be addressed too. I was just disgusted last Sunday at the Lloyd
Robson during the match between the Raiders and the Bulldogs when
supporters ran onto the field before kick off. What happened to
the security? Can the task force and mobile force be brought back
to handle such unruly spectators? – Uppz, Via email
 
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