The unrepresentative democracy

Abstract

Favourable public opinion egged the Papua New Guinea military on and forced Sir Julius Chan's hand over the resignation demand. Military commander Jerry Singirok struck a popular chord when he accused the PNG government of corruption in spite of the fact that he himself had been a party to the Sandline mercenary agreement.

Keywords

• geopolitics
• political journalism
• mercenaries
• Sandline crisis
• military relations