Papua New Guinea: From coup to reconciliation

Journal of Democracy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 165-171

  May, R J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84875742087     PISSN: 10455736     EISSN: 10863214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jod.2013.0016     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. R.J. May, "Turbulence and Reform in Papua New Guinea, " Journal of Democracy 14 (January 2003): 154-65.
2. See Henry Tadap Okole, "A Critical Review of Papua New Guinea's Organic Law on the Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates, 2001-2010, " State, Society, and Governance in Melanesia (SSGM) Program Discussion Paper 2012/5 (Canberra: Australian National University, 2012).
3. See R.J. May and Ray Anere, "Background to the 2007 Election: Political Developments, " in R.J. May et al., eds., Election 2007: The Shift to Limited Preferential Voting in Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby: Papua New Guinea National Research Institute and SSGM Program of Australian National University, 2011), 10-17.
4. For a more detailed account of events, see R.J. May, "Papua New Guinea's 'Political Coup': The Ousting of Sir Michael Somare, " SSGM Briefing Note 1/2011 (Canberra: SSGM Program of Australian National University, 2011).
5. The governor-general is the vice-regal representative of PNG's official head of state, the British monarch. Always chosen from the ranks of prominent PNG politicians, the governor-general is nominated by the PNG Parliament and then receives the monarch's formal appointment to a six-year term. If the office is vacant, the speaker of Parliament becomes acting governor-general.
6. For a detailed analysis of the 2007 election, see R.J. May et al., Election 2007.
7. The MP representing a province automatically becomes that province's governor unless he or she becomes a minister or deputy minister in the national government, speaker or deputy speaker of Parliament, or leader or deputy leader of the opposition.