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Who will lead Papua New Guinea?

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Who will lead Papua New Guinea?

Asked by: Super UserPitchedOutsideLeg in Politics » South Pacific
Settled on 01/16/2012 19:10 Settled by Super Userkruijs
Winning option:ter O’Neill When he had not returned to the country by August, Parliament declared the prime ministership vacant and elected a popular opposition leader, Peter O’Neill, to take his place.

This has not changed since.

Predictions

Michael Somare
Peter O’Neill
Somebody Else

Background

From http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/world/asia/political-impasse-leaves-papua-with-2-governments.html

Politics in Papua New Guinea has long been fractious. Now it has turned surreal.

The latest in a series of twists and reversals has left the country with two rival prime ministers and cabinets, each claiming the sole right to govern, and with heavily armed police officers deployed in the streets of the capital, Port Moresby, on Tuesday, bracing for civil unrest.

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