Reserved seats for women are a joke

NO matter how you look at it, reserved seats are a joke.
To start with, who said the109 seats are reserved for men?
I agree that we need more women in parliament.
But one must be voted into public office to represent the people.
Culturally, males are usually given the mandate in PNG but there are instances where females have had the upper hand in ma­king the rules too.
That is how we have been for ages.
If the western world took hundreds of years for society to change and to elect women to into parliament, why is there a need for PNG to rush into it?
My point is if we want to vote women into parliament, our so­ciety needs to be thoroughly educated on the issue first.
We need a total transformation in our mentality.
Reserved seats are not a band aid solution.
Our male-dominated society needs a total revolution to address this issue fairly, among men and women.
On the same token, we need bold women leaders to stand up, take their place among the men and vie for office through the polls.
If the Abaijahs, the Rooneys and the Kidus could do it before, I see no reason why others cannot to do the same.
They did not enter through the back door but took on the men and beat them.
And many of our men were proud to have them represent us in parliament.
Reserved seats are not the answer.
There is only one condition to enter parliament – you must be voted in by the people.
For sure one thing is certain.
I will give my vote to a good woman leader who will not only represent the female population in PNG but all the males too.

Lawrence
Buka island