Papua New Guinea needs a new leadership, says New Generation Party Leader Bire Kimisopa.
The Member for Goroka made this comment after moving over to join the Opposition ranks on Friday.
Also on the same day, People’s Progress Party Leader Ben Micah announced his party’s defection from the Government to the Opposition.
New Generation has three MPs in Parliament.
Prime Minister Peter O’Neill led 81 members of the coalition government to Alotau yesterday morning to camp before the vote of no-confidence on Friday.
The Opposition is camping in Port Moresby.
“There is nothing personal, I think the Government has done what it had to do in the last three-and-a-half years,” Kimisopa said.
“We have come to a critical point in time we need to change.
“If we do not succeed, people of Papua New Guinea will know where our party stands.”
Meanwhile, Minister for Finance and Leader of Government Business, James Marape, in a statement said the coalition government is intact with 91 members.
(From left: Opposition Leader Don Polye, People’s Progress Party Leader Ben Micah and New Generation Party Leader Bire Kimisopa during the Opposition’s recent press conference.)