Polye made a similar call early last year to Mr O’Neill but was implemented late and that the country that failed to cushion the external, economic shocks, resulting in cuts in public expenditures.
Polye also called on the government not to make the same mistake again!
“In 2015 the Prime Minister and his government left the 2015 Supplementary Budget to the end of the year.
“The government lied to the people in 2015 that PNG LNG gas sales was based on a ‘Forward fixed contract price’ and would not be affected by the drop in the oil price,” he recalls.