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Joppa Tarai
Jope Tarai is a Fijian scholar and PhD candidate in digital politics at ANU's Department of Pacific Affairs, and a frequent Pacific Beat commentator on Pacific diplomacy, politics, and social media.
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Oct 26, 2026
Twelve dead in PNG after armed robbery ends in gunfight with police
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17:44Joppa TaraiGUEST
So the National Federation Party has put out what it has described as a set of non-negotiables, which includes, of course, equal citizenry and various other particular positions that have been longstanding issues.
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17:58Joppa TaraiGUEST
The role of the military, for instance, and a variety of other facets around accountability and so on.
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18:04Joppa TaraiGUEST
So for the moment, of course, SADOPA has released a statement last week that their management board, by virtue of the general membership votes, have instructed their members of parliament to not support it.
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18:16Joppa TaraiGUEST
And then, of course, there's National Federation Party, which has put before demand, so put that before the People's Alliance Party technically, or the government at large, or those in charge of the government.
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18:29Joppa TaraiGUEST
So it's going to depend on the next couple of days in the lead up to the first week of November, which is when the third reading is anticipated, what will be the negotiations and possibly the compromises, if any, on what is proposed at the moment.
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18:44Joppa TaraiGUEST
And so it seems like the government will not have the votes at the moment to pass it or have it passed through the third reading.
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22:26speaker_4UNKNOWN
just going to pick one.
