O’Neills’ work appreciated

UNDENIABLY Peter O’Neill has done well for our country.
He has made a difference and set a benchmark on what it means to be a prime minister of a country.
You have built Port Moresby into a modern metropolitan city, upgraded our seaports and airports to international standards.
You have built our roads to super standards.
You have put a mark with performance indicators upon which the people of PNG be able to assess and make comparisons on their future prime ministers.
It would be unfair to accuse you of debts and turning a blind eye to the many good things you have done that can be equated to the levels of borrowed money.
There’s never a free lunch the saying goes.
I salute you for putting your mark on infrastructures in Port Moresby, Jackson International Airport, Kagamuga International Airport, Goroka International Airport, the superhighways in many outback districts of the nation, Highlands to islands.
It would be unfair for me to zip my mouth without a mark of word of appreciation.
You have made your mark. You deserve to be praised.
To the incumbent Prime Minister James Marape, you have a huge task ahead as you are faced with challenges from a population that have high expectations from their governments.
The expectations of you as their prime minister is made more wanting because your predecessor has set a high standard and benchmark.
As a typical Huli, you understand what I mean in that your culture demands actions straight after talking.
The Huli goes straight into the business of killing and butchering the pigs after talking.
The actions should equate and match the talking. This is our culture.
Our people always judge and assess our performances based on actions, not talking. This is the biggest challenge.
You have begun to put the systems of government into order.
As a senior minister of the government over the last eight years under O’Neill, you saw the loopholes and where to correct.
We should not forget the fact that the system of government that we adore today in itself are barriers to development. The institutions and laws are the protection shields and armored guards unto itself.
It protects itself and not you and me.
The marked difference in your predecessor, to my mind is that he was able to break the system because he felt the system was a barrier to his development plans for his country.
O’Neill was a tactical player and he did it for a reason, purpose and precision.
So, if you have a purpose and mission, do not workshop the system like untouchable God.
You can break it. To O’Neill, you have done well for your country.
To Marape, you have huge challenges ahead against an ever growing population of unlimited wants.

Yapi Akore,
Kagua-Erave, SHP