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PAPUA NEW GUINEA - COUNTRY'S ONLY
FEMALE POLITICIAN LAUNCHES GOVERNMENT OPPOSITION
PNG politician Dame Carol Kidu wants to launch a one-woman opposition. [ABC TV]
Dame Carol, who is the country's only female politician, said she wanted to be
recognised by the Speaker of Parliament as Opposition Leader because the
country needed an opposition.
In recent months, supporters of former prime minister Sir Michael Somare have
refused to sit in parliament.
"One judge basically said that if you sat in those benches you conceded
that you were not in government," she told Pacific Beat.
"I've been the only one on the floor from the Somare faction in every
session since August 2 so I can assume that I'm the leader, if other people
agree."
Dame Carol said despite last week's attempted mutiny being outside the law, Sir
Michael Somare remained the rightful Prime Minister according to the
constitution.