This week in Port Moresby, the capital of the country in which we work, a march was held to urge the national legislators to uphold honesty in government. It is highly unusual for the general population here to get riled up enough to hold a march. But the topic of honesty affects people daily.
The march on the capital concerned a proposed amendment to the constitution. I believe the amendment would do away with the ombudsman commission that looks into malfeasance by elected officials. The party in power supports this amendment. The marchers were urging officials to keep the commission.
This picture shows how people in Lae, the second largest city in PNG, are affected by lack of honesty. It is a jarring experience to drive on any road in this place because they haven't been maintained in years. Last week the governor of Morobe, this province, announced that 21,000,000 kina (about US $8,000,000) that had been budgeted for the roads has disappeared. No explanation. No search for the funds. The people just suffer. Such examples are rife at all levels of government.
Please pray that honesty would make a comeback in this nation. It would make an enormous difference to the whole population.
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