PM fails to deliver: Namah

By REBECCA KUKU
OPPOSITION Leader Belden Namah has accused Prime Minister James Marape of “taking PNG backwards” instead of forward in his first 12 months in office.
Marape was sworn in as prime minister on May 30 last year after his predecessor Peter O’Neill resigned.
Namah called on Marape to name a road, an airport or seaport or any other major infrastructure project with his name on it.
“Can he name a single working policy or programme? What about the overseas work placement he mentioned in the 2020 budget?” Namah said.
“I see absolutely nothing. Instead of taking PNG back as he said he would, Marape has taken the country backwards.
“He stopped a working tuition fee free education policy that made education inclusive and accessible to 2.2 million children.
“His action has now put one million children out of the classrooms again.
“He has created chaos in the education system.
“The Help loan scheme he introduced for tertiary education is a failure.
“It offers no help at all for our tertiary students and no system has been developed to recoup the money.
“The students have wisely opted to pay for their own education.”
An attempt yesterday to get a comment from Marape failed.
Namah said Marape was yet to deliver things he had promised to do, including addressing the cases of violence in his Tari-Pori district.
“Every MP has his electorate to attend to before all other responsibilities,” he said.
“That is where our mandate comes from.
“James Marape’s Tari-Pori electorate awaits his undivided attention still,” he said.