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 The Papua New Guinea Parliament has re-elected Member for Tari – Pori James Marape as the Prime Minister .  Mr.Marape  got 97 – 0 votes to become the Prime Minister of the 11th PNG Parliament. Among those that voted were People’s National Congress party members, including Pomio MP Elias Kapavore, Central Governor Rufina Peter, Ijivitari MP David Arore and Kandrian Gloucester MP Joseph Lelang.  PNC Party leader Peter O’Neill walked out of the chamber before the election of Mr. Marape. After his election, Mr. Marape was rushed to Government House to be sworn in by Governor General Sir Bob Dadae. He will later return to Parliament to complete proceedings. Speaker-elect Job Pomat congratulated Mr. Marape for his re-election, which was indicated through the overwhelming support from his colleague MPs. NBC News  / PNG Today Next :  Manus Open MP Job Pomat elected Speaker of PNG Parliament

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape returned to the country yesterday afternoon-(Wednesday 5th October 2022) following his three weeks official visit oversea.  Mr Marape told reporters upon his arrival that almost a month-long visit has been hectic but fruitful.  They were able to make contacts at the highest level with leaders of the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan and the United States of America.  Marape says the four nations are big economies with huge GDP’s and we are having high-level discussions based on our long-time bilateral relationship. ”Our meetings and discussions consolidate the relationship and this time our discussions are geared towards us ramping up our production and them receiving whatever we produce. ”The onus is now on us as government to put our money where the mouth is, and to put programs to action to increase production of cocoa, oil palm, coffee and fisheries and not just Gold, Copper and Gas,” said Marape.    NBC News / PNG ...