Mutiny an act of desperation by chief

WHAT transpired last week was a clear act of desperation to wrestle political power by the Somare group.
Somare must be insane to go to the length he had last week. Where is the good governance and moral ethics that he has been preaching during his 40 years in politics?
Thrown out the window in last Thursday’s actions?
The “old man” has resorted to this low act of using the Defence Force in his hunger for power.
The airing on the local TV news of Andrew Kumbakor confirms that Somare is behind the mutiny by the retired army colonel Yaura Sasa.
How low can Somare go to get what he wants? This is certainly another attempt by a desperate old man who has no more options left but resort to appointing an undisciplined retiree who does not even know the dire consequences of his actions.
The army colonel cannot use “protection of the Constitution” as cover for his actions because clearly, he is not protecting the Constitution by his actions, rather his actions are illegal and mutinous in nature.
Without realising it, he has actually committed an act of treason which is punishable by the laws he is purportedly trying to protect – that is the stupidity of this whole saga.
The body language of the retired colonel, when interviewed on the local TV, portrayed to the PNG viewers that he was very shaky and almost lost for words to back his stance and his actions.
This tells anyone watching and listening to the news that the colonel was not prepared to face the challenges of his purported rushed appointment. He was constantly looking at some written script on his table to try and answer questions from media personnel.
Going by the latest acts of desperation by Somare to try and regain the people’s confidence and trust in his leadership, I don’t think the old man deserves to be addressed by the titles Sir and Grand Chief because his actions are really demeaning and degrading these honourable titles.
On the other side, the O’Neill government has acted swiftly by taking the necessary actions to restore normalcy and to further deal with the perpetrators of the attempted coup.
There should not be any mercy shown to those people involved in the saga. They must be dealt with appropriately under the relevant laws.
This is considered a very serious offence and should not be taken lightly by every Papua New Guinean law-abiding citizen.
The call by O’Neill to bring the national election forward is probably a knee-jerk reaction by a shocked prime minister.
I would suggest to the current government not to rush the national election due to the logistic issues currently faced by the Electoral Commission but to conduct it on the scheduled time (July 2012).
This will ensure the election is run properly and also avoid some of the impediments of past elections.

JL
Lae