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- Who was the longest serving politician? (up until 2002)
- Who is now the longest serving member of Parliament after Sir Pita Lus failed to be re-elected at the 2002 general elections?
- When was home rule granted in PNG?
- When was Sandline hired?
- What is the quorum for parliament?
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- Who was the longest serving politician? (up until 2002)
Sir Pita Lus. Sir Pita served the Maprik electorate since being elected to the House of Assembly in pre-independent PNG in 1964. He was defeated in the 2002 general elections after serving the people of Maprik for almost 4 decades.
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- Who is now the longest serving member of Parliament after Sir Pita Lus failed to be re-elected at the 2002 general elections?
Sir Michael Somare, also from the Sepik area, has taken this title from Sir Pita. Sir Michael joined the House of Assembly in 1968 and has servered ever since.
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- When was home rule granted in PNG?
Australia granted limited home rule in 1951.
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- When was Sandline hired?
In 1997 the PNG government hired South African mercenary soldiers to fight on Bougainville in order to end the long-running crisis. This action led to massive demonstrations and the mercenary contract was rescinded after a virtual mutinity by the defence force lead by Brigadier General Gerry Singirok. Many hail the decision as "doing the right thing".
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- What is the quorum for parliament?
(1) The quorum for a sitting of the Parliament is one-third of the number of seats in the Parliament at the time.
(2) The Standing Orders of the Parliament shall make provision for the action to be taken in the event of a lack of or loss of a quorum at any time.
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Please remember that this is a FAQ database about Papua New Guinea.
Doing a search for PNG or New Guinea or even P.N.G will probably not return much. Keep the search simple. i.e. if you want to find out the population simply enter "population" without the quotes. There is no need to have PNG / P.N.G or whatever in the search string.
