Cutting off economic lifeline of people a serious issue

 WESLEY Elape claimed that “Governor Parkop is our knight in shining armour” and called me a “narrow-minded foreigner from Sydney” (Feb 24). 

He sounds like one of the many opportunists in NCD. 

He responded to my call for Parkop to resign, in which I gave three reasons:

• The disastrous buai ban is cutting off the economic lifeline for many;
• As governor, Parkop has no real jobs policy in his two terms; and,
• Parkop has kept mum on all the inflated and prolonged contracts in NCD, and this is corruption on a massive scale that is sucking the life out of PNG. 

We expect him to step up, especially as a former human rights lawyer and advocate for good governance as well as a former Melsol leader.

Elape must know that unemployment and corruption are two siblings killing PNG. 

I like Parkop and supported him in 2007, but as a proud Papua New Guinean who contributed to the fight against HIV/AIDS and the banking industry in PNG.

 I must speak out like other patriots when I see the system being abused. 

I am charged by my conscience to speak the truth and for the silent majority. 

We do not have to be in parliament to speak out. 

Although NCD is aesthetically pleasing to the senses, the people’s source of income has been prematurely been cut off by a bad policy and people are dying. 

Elape only responded to the buai ban, so please respond to my other two points and also tell us what you have done for PNG. 

I am from the Chimbu Province and I also promote PNG while in Sydney. 

Okuk Mori Rogerson

Sydney, Australia