Papua New Guinea stands by for new government after MPs abandon James Marape

Opposition takes control of parliament and prepares for no-confidence motion on 1 December to end Marape’s premiership

Papua New Guinea could be set to install a new government after dozens of government members – including nine ministers – abandoned prime minister James Marape in parliament to sit on the opposition benches.

The opposition took control of parliament on Thursday and voted 57-39 to suspend parliament, ostensibly to block the passage of the government’s budget, but more fundamentally to remove Marape.

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