A nonessential item: Only for the affluent

This is a reckless spending using the Papua New Guinea taxpayers' kinas on an aircraft to be used only by the well-to-do while the majority of the people of Papua New Guinea live in poverty and under crumbling infrastructure.

The government's refusal to hear public outbursts and clear motives to purchase such sumptuousness plane depicts a government which is hellbent on corruption flanked by scandals. How can Papua New Guinea develop when leaders give their backs to people when they say something on the monies they contribute to the government's purse year in and year out.
We got more questions than answers on the source of financing this luxury for few well-to-do. Where did the money come from? Who met half of the costs? How will it be economically viable? Was it fully paid for? For how long will the PNG taxpayers meet the cost if it was bought on a loan? etc...The people of PNG need to know some of the answers to these questions.

One hundred twenty million kina ($35M) would have done wonders for improving road conditions and other infrastructure establishments; for example, in places like Pangia in Southern Highlands, West Kambia in Western Highlands, Menyamia in Morobe, Lufa in Eastern Highlands, etc... if the government had the people's interests ahead of theirs in using these public monies. I would only dream of having such vital but necessary services for our village folks but wouldn't see our folks having them for decades.

Recycled leaders like somare and a bunch of others who share his corrupt deals and prey on public purses need to leave. The only way to do this, is to rally with like minded Papua New Guineans using all available avenues, ie; face book, emails, editorials, word of mouth, public boards, blogs, etc...so that we speak the same langauage come 2012. In a country of over eight hundred different languages, it is possible for us to speak one language. Yes, We Can!