Philip ready to serve
By GYNNIE KERO
FORMER coffee buyer from Morobe Benjamin Philip was sworn into Parliament yesterday as Menyamya MP after polling 11,926 votes in the recent by-election.
Philip, from Watama village, said he used to operate a small business before entering politics in 2007.
Speaking at his swearing-in ceremony by Speaker Job Pomat at Parliament yesterday, the father of two thanked his wife Diana for her support over the years.
This would be his third term in Parliament.
“I was first voted in 2007 and then 2012,” he told The National.
“In the 2017 general elections, I was dethroned by the late Thomas Pelika, and I came second.
“The Menyamya-Bulolo road is very important, it helps people from border provinces and their coffee is transported to Menyamya to sell.
“Coffee is the main cash crop for 83,000-plus people in my electorate.”
Philip thanked his party, the People’s National Congress (PNC), adding that in the remaining period (a year and a half) of the term, he would work to bring as much services and development to the electorate and thanked the voters for entrusting him the responsibility of representing them in Parliament.
“Menyamya is a rural district and is a real challenge in bringing service to the people but I thank my people and my party (PNC) for the support,” he said. “This is the beginning and resurrection of the party.
“People gave me their votes because of the party’s policies, especially on free education.
“Many students from Menyamya were affected when the free education policy that was stopped by the National Government.
“I promised the people I would pay school fees of those who could not afford at all institutions starting in June this year and next year.”
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Congratulations! Mr.Benjamin Philip for winning Menyamya Open by-election,during your two terms in parliament you never deliver and upgrades any basic services like road and even Menyamya High School to name a few as you said to the media now.How can you deliver within a year and half when the country is in crisis with covid-19?your people will always carry coffee bags and cargoes on their shoulders walking from long distance for this vital government services again,this time never make empty promises and honour your promises to your very people coz you fail to deliver within your last two terms alreday..over to you Menyamya people,2022 is just around the corner so make wise decissions and choose a right leader that capable of bringing basics services to your district….
Congratulations to this writer, BY- well deployed remarks, last 2 terms nothing had eventuate in terms of development perspective, a year & a 1/2 guess what will sprout? it is just an other empty promises and bullshits and maus wara tasol and blah, blah, blah and so on. Menyamya people thank you for re’electing him for your more disastrous hard living standards yet to come, lets’ hope he will re-divert MV Menyamya to clear deep ocean and you all enjoy the smooth sailing.
Hon Member, those two terms in parliament and as a member for your people
what have you done, those service should have happened a long time ago.
Anyway 10 years ya you hard lo mekim so one and a half year ya you fit lo workim
Menyama people are just the same as Lufa people in the EHP. These people kept on sending in coffee buyers na ol man blo katim pig into parliament to represent them. I believe these are the two least or nil development district in PNG. Representative in parliament is not for ordinary village leader but an ordinary village boy who is highly educated so that he’s not a puppet, brief case carrier or rubber stamp there.
so you won through PNC policies that base on Free Education and Free Health, good from you and anyways Congrats, another unprofessional politician in the parliament….
Free education and Free health is other baits to the voters
What have you done during the last two terms that can gurantee PNG that you will deliver the much needed services within the short period of time. Menyamya is blessed with coffee but greed has blinded the leaders to provided the much needed service which is the road to sell their coffee.
You can boast infront of the media to the whole country but nothing good has been done..
Menyamya needs proper road give them the road and you will see what they will do..
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