Former Prime Minister and PNC leader, Peter O’Neill says he is ready to support any leader as an alternate Prime Minister.
“I am quite happy to spend my time focused on Ialibu Pangia and home Province of Southern
Highlands,” Mr O’Neill said in a statement.
He continued, “This creates space for young, dynamic leaders from within our People’s National
Congress Party and all parties to step up and form Government”.
He said he gives his party’s full support.
“You will have my 100% support and I ask nothing special in return,” the member-elect for Ialibu Pangia said.
The PNC leader said the formation of government is not about only him and Pangu Pati leader, James Marape.
“I encourage leaders who have been elected properly and who are genuinely interested in rescuing PNG from the economic and social chaos Marape has plunged the country into the past three years, to consider putting their hand up for the top job,” he said.
With a day left till the Return of Writs and declarations wind down the 2022 National Parliament election, PNC and Pangu are clearly the front-runners to dictate who forms the next government.
Many parties have given their support to the ruling party while none have openly expressed support to PNC.
“Genuine leaders do not want another five years like the last three,” Mr O’Neill added.
While the camps muscle up before a show of numbers on the floor of parliament, the political affair between O’Neill and Marape were not always about blame and accusations.
In 2017 around this time, Marape was part of the PNC camp in Alotau that delivered the Prime Ministership on the floor, a seat he later reclaimed following a Vote of No Confidence.
Pangu, with its current numbers and coalition partners look set to form Government, however, the true outcome will be revealed on the floor of Parliament.
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