Papua New Guinea in 2011

Papua New Guinea in 2011

The current power struggle has taken on historical proportions, interrupting the four-year-old Somare government in Papua New Guinea one year short of its full five-year term. In August 2011, Speaker of Parliament Jeffrey Nape declared the Office of Prime Minister vacant, resulting in Parliament ele...

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Veröffentlicht in:Asian survey 2012-02, Vol.52 (1), p.227-232
1. Verfasser: Anere, Ray
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Civil service
Corruption
Democracy
Members of Parliament
Parliaments
Political leadership
Political parties
Prime ministers
State elections
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Zusammenfassung:The current power struggle has taken on historical proportions, interrupting the four-year-old Somare government in Papua New Guinea one year short of its full five-year term. In August 2011, Speaker of Parliament Jeffrey Nape declared the Office of Prime Minister vacant, resulting in Parliament electing Peter O'Neill as the new prime minister. Late in the year, the Supreme Court ruled otherwise.
ISSN:0004-4687
1533-838X
DOI:10.1525/as.2012.52.1.227