Very interesting Editorial; lays out Somare done

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I think he knows it's over. Another article talks about his saying that he "thinks" he still would like to finish out as PM, but would probably not run for his East Sipik seat again. I think O'Neill has actually been pretty "nice" to Sir Michael. For a while I thought he was being more shrewd than just doing things right. Having to go public with the fact that Sir Michael nearly died in Singapore and was in heart failure was not something he probably wanted to do. When that evidence came out in the hearing about whether he should be granted a LOA or not, but the judge went ahead and granted it showed clouded judgement. That original vote to put O'Neill makes much more sense now. They did what they had to do, then proceeded to show that the judge acted incorrectly. I think in the end what they did was constitutional, and that was emphasized by Friday's 64-0 vote of confidence for O'Neill. Also a letter I saw stated that originally last Friday the judges fully intended to act against the challenge to the CJ. Then after recessing and coming back they stated that the information presented was material and needed to be considered, so they postponed until today.

Tough for them now to even come back with a decision that O'Neill was appointed unconstitutionally; Somare lied/withheld crucially important information when he requested his LOA. The SC should rule to agree with the recission of the LOA request by parliament, rule O'Neill as properly appointed, and move ahead with other important parliamentary actions to get ready for the elections. Too much to do in a very short period of time.