The vote, to amend PNG's constitution to give parliament a month's notice before votes of no confidence, was carried - on a vote of 82/2 - amid calls by deputy opposition leader Sam Basil for Mr O ...

Papua New Guinea has faced votes of no confidence stretching back to independence in 1977. Just two years after PNG started its first Parliament, the country's first prime minister, Michael Somare ...

Votes of no confidence have been a thorn in the side of successive prime ministers since PNG gained independence from Australia in 1975. PNG's first prime minister, Sir Michael Somare, lost the ...

PAPUA New Guinea's parliament has voted in favour of extending a ban on votes of no confidence to 30 months after a government is elected. The bill passed the first of two votes in PNG's ...

In parliament, parties grapple for power through the formation of government and the opposition, lobbying for ministries, and instigating votes of no confidence. PNG’s parliamentary cycle of five ...

PAPUA New Guinea's government has pushed through laws that critics say will make it harder to unseat the government. The vote, to amend PNG's constitution to give parliament a month's notice ...