Ron Neville To Quit Parliament

Mr Ron Neville, longest-serving white member of the PNG National Parliament, will stand down at next year’s elections. A controversy over his application for PNG citizenship was among the factors affecting his decision, Mr Neville told an electorate meeting in September. Australian-born Mr Neville, 47, was granted PNG citizenship at the end of August. Universi ty students and some politicians made a fuss about it, but Mr Neville was backed by the Prime Minister, Mr Somare, and Deputy Prime Minister, Sir Maori Kiki who are on opposite sides of the house to him. Mr Neville has represented the seat of( Southern Highlands continuously since the first one-person one-vote elections of 1964.

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