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Monday, May 23, 2016
Standoff in PNG: Students take on Prime Minister Peter O'Neill
An NBC News report on May 17 - a useful backgrounder, but much has happened since.
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's "I will not resign" reply to UPNG and Unitech student presidents over their "stand down" petition - May 23
By Bal Kama
Students at the University of Papua New Guinea are the latest in a long list of those in the firing line for denouncing the leadership of PNG’s seemingly impregnable Prime Minister Peter O’Neill.
The students have been on strike against the government since the end of last month. Students from the University of Technology and Divine Word University are also boycotting classes.
The UPNG students want O’Neill to resign from office and have demanded the police commissioner not suppress criminal investigations against the PM.
The students have threatened to withdraw en masse from their studies if the Prime Minister refuses to go. [Editor: He refused on Monday].
But what are their ultimate chances of success? Will O’Neill give in?
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