Let democratic process proceed

WHILE every Papua New Guineans have their own opinions of the current parliamentary procedures assumed to be abused by the Government and the Opposition, we should be very critical in our analysis towards this State of affairs.
In any vibrant democratic system, this process is healthy because it offers avenue for checks and balances while discouraging oppressive or dictatorship style of government.
Laws and other important resolutions are made in Parliament and in the process, you will find that standing orders are sometimes suspended to bypass certain legal requirements to speed up the process.
Was this what was done by the Opposition?
Even though we have sections of the Constitution and Organic Laws governing procedures and practices in Parliament, standing orders take precedence over our Parliamentary procedures as practiced in the Westminster system of government.
Members of parliament are protected by the parliamentary privileges during any parliamentary proceedings in the chamber and the Speaker and parliamentary presiding officers are there to ensure proceedings are guided by the standing orders.
Therefore, the above dilemma reflects our vibrant democratic system; it allows the legislative arm of the government to fix its loopholes in its parliamentary procedures and practices; and it allows our citizens to become more aware and understand the Westminster system of government instead of having negative opinions and reactions all the time.
My point is, being a democratic country, we should embrace this situation and allow our leaders to legislate and pass resolutions and it is only done in Parliament.
Let the judiciary interpret this impasse and the parliament fix its own problem.

Concerned Citizen