So Mare’S Team
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Grows
In a move, described as an at tempt to try to appease dissatisfied backbenchers in his government and to avert a split in the Pangu Party, PNG's Prime Minister, Mr Michael Somare, has added four more ministers to the list of 18 nam ed after the elections. They are, Pro-Pangu independent member Mrs Nahau Rooney (Manus Open) as Minister for Corrective Institu tions and Liquor Licensing; Peo ple’s Progress Party member Mr Yano Belo (KagualErave), Minister for Works and Supply; Pangu mem ber Mr Karl Kitchens (West Sepik Province), Minister for Minerals and Energy; Pro-Pangu indepen dent Mr Thomas Kavali (Jimi), Minister for Housing.
Mr Somare also appointed nine parliamentary secretaries and these are being challenged by the Opposi tion on the grounds that such ap pointments infringed the Constitu tion. . . r Dr Reuben Taureka, Minister for Broadcasting and Information in the last government, lost his seat in the election, polling for which was delayed until the end of August through a candidate s death. This brings the number of the original Somare cabinet defeated in the elec tions to 10, half the strength.