Fiery new Papua New Guinea PM questions vast Exxon, Total gas deal
James Marape being sworn-in as the new prime minister of Papua New Guinea by Governor General Bob Dadae in Port Moresby today after winning the landslide backing of MPs after weeks of political manoeuvring. – AFP pic, May 30, 2019.
FORMER finance minister James Marape was elected Papua New Guinea’s new prime minister today and immediately issued a fiery nationalistic address that put foreign resource companies on notice. The former finance minister threatened foreign logging companies and vowed to “tweak” resource laws that underpin a recently inked US$13 billion gas deal with Total and ExxonMobil.
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