"We don't even know who's managing our interests.."

[Palm]

Turmoil is what existed in PNG in last years of Somare regime. What you now are seeing is fixing up known weakneses in the system and agreed to when the coalition was formed. They have a very clear path they are going down and it has been documented and is being executed. Reorganization always causes some anxiety, but they are going about it in a very orderly manner and with guidance and oversight by ADB and others, including the World Bank. The EITI initiative has been wanted by World Bank, Australia and others to get transparency in place especially with resource projects. The only ones seeing it as "turmoil" are those who don't want the change because their pockets were being stuffed "outside the system". When pressed on issues the administration has had firm and clear answers. Some of this will take a little more time, but the entities are still in place, just with new oversight until things can be finished. NEC has approved this overwhelmingly.