Engans are of course known for their bad habit of dishing back double measure.
They may be divided at the best of times but they do unite quickly
when they need to. Engans do not rollover easily for anyone. But Engans also
have much to lose too if they engage with adversity front on.
Engans need to remember that for the longer term Enga
is miles ahead in its educated manpower reserves, thanks to the foresight
of Peter Ipatas. Engans will therefore always feature prominently in the
National narrative. Engan or not, Sir Salamo is the best man on guard in
PNG now. He and all our good judges will not allow the Rule of Law to
disintegrate during their watch.
It is not surprising therefore that
two criminally inclined individuals (O'Neill & Namah) cannot be at ease as
long as Sir Salamo is CJ. Peter O'Neill would have been jailed long ago for
swindling millions but he evaded prosecution in relation to the NPF
and other related deals by corrupting police investigators. (O'Neill, you
used Engans to ensure that your police files were below Committal
Court standard! Have you forgotten that?!).
Most likely O'Neill will henceforth do his best to avoid
facing the music for defrauding Public Servants, for swindling them of
their affordable housing funds. Namah was in jail with nothing except a
prison uniform not so long ago. How did he become rich so quickly? 'Self
made man' ah? Why is O'Neill not investigating Namah’s money trail?
Unfortunately scum like Namah can strut around like respectable people only in
such a gullible country like PNG.
The good news is that there will be
a new government by August. Credible and well intentioned PNGeans will be
taking this country forward - safely and responsibly. If
Namah wins backhis seat he will be in the opposition, perhaps
as Opposition Leader. Onlydesperados like O'Neill could team up with
hooligans.
Good leaders will have nothing to do with the likes of
Namah. God willing, common sense will prevail. Mark my word, the Namahs of
the world will always meet their destined fate on time. O'Neill will be
lucky to get re-elected. If he did he will most likely try to unobtrusively
snuggle into the confidence of someone like Don Polye who now stands a better
chance to be the next legitimate Prime Minister. Snuggling up to people
unobtrusively and getting into their confidence is what O'Neill does best.
During
the previous term of Parliament O'Neill was Opposition Leader but
heshamelessly sucked up to Sir Michael Somare to prevent being
prosecuted. This
time O'Neill will be prosecuted for all his crimes. Of course there is always a
chance that before he is brought to justice, O'Neill might make a dash for it
and hole up in Brisbane or Cairns.
The man scheming things for O'Neill from
the shadows – his partner in crime Jimmy Maladina - will have advised O'Neill on
all the options and doing the runner will no doubt have been the best last
option plan Maladina advised O’Niell of.
Jimmy is very good at doing the runner and holing up down
under. At a time when the politics and national dialogue should be
maturing, when the need to maintain the fragile unity of a thousand tribes is
the national imperative so that everyone feels they are equal as citizens,
equal partners and beneficiaries at a time when the nation is poised on the threshold
of accelerated economic boom, those who find themselves in the lead must
promote nationalism.
Yet within a short space of time O'Neill and Namah havealmost undone our national unity and collective continuity. They have injected
toxicity and poison into the national blood stream. These slimy operators have
dismantled the rule of law and forced national institutions to transform into
tentacles of a new form of oppression – ‘executive dictatorship’.
The experiences forced upon this nation by these rouge men
must mature all of us in a positive way. For their part Engans can forge and
seal their identity as a resilient people, within the backdrop of our national
diversity, to exist without being intimidated or intimidating others.
Engans
are a community orientated people. For instance Engans are helping to maintain
law and order in some of the worse hotspots in Port Moresby. Their leaders can
lead well too. Don Polye has shown that he is loyal. He could have rebelled and
destabilized PNG a few times. But he did not.
Only time will tell as to whether
that was good training, for him to lead PNG at the most trying juncture in its
national journey. Engans need to rise up and join other PNGeans to
demonstrate maturity and leadership. Show people like O'Neill and Namah that you
are a better people.
People like O'Neill and Namah will never win general
elections or obtain mandate through their popularity and universal acceptance.
They can only secure ‘leadership’ through illegal means, through fraud and
deception. God Bless PNG
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