Opposition spokesman
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Pacific People
Interview
Rabbie Namaliu: PNG Prime Minister
Sir Julius Chan: PNG Opposition spokesman
As Papua New Guinea tries to recover from the aftermath of the Bougainville crisis, Pacific Islands Monthly’s Liz Thompson spoke to the country's prominent leaders and sought their views on the future of PNG. Prime Minister Rabbie Namaliu completed two years in office in July and one of his biggest decisions was ordering troops into Bougainville. Sir Julius Chan, the Opposition’s finance spokesman, was Prime Minister from 1980, 1982. He was responsible for the sending of PNG troops to Vanuatu in 1980 to crush a secessionist rebellion on the island of Santo led by Jimmy Stevens.
Namaliu and sons: " ... tremendous amount of potential ..."