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Wednesday 08th August, 2012
O’Neill to name full cabinet today
By GORETHY KENNETH
PAPUA New Guinea will know today who their Deputy Prime Minister will be when Prime Minister Peter O’Neill announces his full Cabinet at 2pm.
Names are being tossed around on who is the most likely candidate for the post of Deputy Prime Minister and members of coalition government are eager to know who will make up Mr O’Neill’s full member cabinet of 33, which will include the Prime Minister.
The names floating being around include Triumph Heritage Empowerment Party leader Don Polye because his party has the second highest number of elected MPs (14).
Other MPs include National Alliance Party leader Patrick Pruaitch, Leo Dion and Eremang ToBaining Jnr because New Guinea Islanders think an NGI should take up the position.
The Papuan Region has boosted Government numbers by bringing 23 MPs to the Government and their MPs and people expect Mr O’Neill to reciprocate.
Of course the appointment of Deputy Prime Minister and Ministers of the State is the prerogative of the Prime Minister. The Deputy Prime Minister and all the new Ministers will be sworn in by Governor General Grand Chief Sir Michael Ogio at Government House.
Prime Minister O’Neill named his caretaker Cabinet at the Grand Papua Hotel in Port Moresby yesterday which was officially gazette on Sunday.
He also announced that the Government was now bracing for the National Budget Session in November, which will now be the full responsibility of the new Cabinet.
Mr O’Neill has been in charge of National Planning and Police for the last three days and will offload these responsibilities with his announcement of the fully ministry today.
The caretaker Cabinet announced by Mr O’Neill last Friday:
Don Pomb Polye: Treasury and Finance, Correctional Services, Labour, Industrial Relations, Immigration and Transport;
Patrick Pruaitch: Housing, Urban, Provincial and Local Level Government and Forest;
William Duma: Petroleum and Energy, Defence, Tourism and Art Culture and Autonomy and Autonomous Region (including Bougainville Affairs);
Sir Puka Temu: Public Service, Agriculture and Live stock, Foreign Affairs and Trade;
James Marape: Works, Implementation, Lands and Physical Planning, Education, Research and Science and Technology;
Charles Abel: Commerce and Industry, Small Medium Enterprise (SMEs), Justice and Attorney General, Communication, Information and Technology;
Mao Zeming: Fisheries, Marine Resource, Health, HIV Aids, Family Affairs, Youth Religion and Gender;
Ben Micah: Public Enterprises, Sports and Pacific Game and Mining; and
John Pundari: Environment, Climate Change and Civil Aviation.