Lae is in a bit of trouble at the moment. “Disaster Looms” screamed one of the front pages yesterday – but they were just talking about the potential damage of a potential earthquake, info gleaned from a power-point presentation at a conference; nothing new.
More like disaster was the news that, yesterday, hundreds of Ahi villagers had planned to strike, cut off the supply of water and electricity to Morobe’s capital (Lae), and close down the provincial headquarters if the governor Luther Wenge didn’t agree to meet with them. On Monday a hundred-ish crowd of angry people gathered outside the provincial hq. A youth leader of Ahi wanted to take 5 provincial govt vehicles as ransom, to ensure that Wenge would indeed meet with them. But the presence of the police task force prevented him. The crowd were reportedly shouting out insults to Wenge, including this one which made me laugh: “you’re a highlander only adopted into Morobe”. (Honestly, why are highlanders always blamed? I secretly suspect they’re going to take over png in the next decade or so.)
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