Goilala MP views on Opposition

Though being in the Opposition is ‘most feared by many’ in PNG politics, it adds value to one’s leadership quality than just being a back-bencher in government, an MP says.

Goilala MP William Samb said as a first timer in politics he doubted whether his move to the Opposition was the right move.

Mr Samb, however, said he was satisfied that he made the right choice when reminiscing the path that he undertook in the last four months.

“If I had joined the government, I would have only added the statistics of the government’s numerical strengths,” he said.

He made the comments at the Opposition’s Christmas party in the Parliament’s State Function room in Port Moresby last Friday.

He said it was all learning for him under the guidance of the Opposition Leader Don Polye, his party leader and deputy Opposition Leader Sam Basil, and other fellow MPs in the Opposition.

He admitted that he joined the Opposition not only to change the course of the nation but also to draw clear lines between materialism and leadership.

“Some of my people and other critics were pestering me to join the government for the luxury of materialisms but I now stand here to prove them wrong,” he said.

He said standing for what was right and the endeavour for the country’s goodness always had triumphed over bad decisions.

He has called on the government to refrain from using DSIPs and PSIPs as a political tool to lure MPs on the Opposition bench.

He is the Opposition’s shadow minister for education in the alternative government’s ministerial line-up.

 

Picture source: William Samb Fb page 

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