Former IRC Commissioner and candidate for Lae Open, Sir Nagora Bogan, is calling on Prime Minister Peter O’Neill to embrace the dignity of truth and admit that we are facing economic crisis.
He said this will only set him and his ruling party and the government free so we can proactively find solutions to rescue our country from the deep pit of soaring debts.
Sir Nagora said he is heartened by the fact that tax has emerged as one of many topical campaign issues in the forthcoming elections.
He said the decency of truth about the gross mismanagement of the economy hurts and this has provoked the direct attack against him from the PM.
He made reference specifically to O’Neill’s spurious assertion about GST in The National newspaper recently.
Sir Nagora clarified that the GST was part of a package of recommendations personally hand delivered to O’Neill in 2015, and it has taken him two years to respond to a matter that is entirely within the domain of his responsibility.
“It is his call after taking into account the prevailing macro-economic conditions and operating environment.
“For him to deliberately cherry pick GST and use it to attack and discredit me speaks a lot about the kind of leader he is.”