ADVICE TO AN ASPIRING CANDIDATE

You have decided to stand for election in Papua New Guinea. I hope you are aware of the difficulties you will face in being elected and serving as a successful politician. 

May I suggest that you are not sufficiently experienced to survive in the electorate or in parliament.

Perhaps you have not taken into account the needs of your FAMILY. Your children are still young and need you more than the nation will. Your place really is in the home not in parliament.

A successful female or male politician needs strength that comes from FAMILY who stands behind. But the aspiring candidate may not have the funds to run the election race. A successful candidate needs masses of money. Successful business men have the necessary funds.

I suggest you do a careful assessment of your qualifications before you decide to stand for parliament. Do you have experience at higher levels of the bureaucracy and education? Are you known by voters as a person they can trust to carry out their needs? Do they know you have a young family?

Have you had extensive experience as a community worker who can be trusted? Have you worked in the church? care groups? schools? or youth groups?

Perhaps you should talk to a long time and successful female politician of the pitfalls of being  female politician. Late Nahau Rooney would have given valuable and honest advice. 

Dame Carol Kidu would have warned of dangers of being a high level politician. Loujaya from Morobe had suffered bitter failure that came partly from her lack of hard headed experience at provincial level.

Take care in seeking advice from UN Women. They have their own agenda that may not include you. They will have focus in same sex relations, adoption of orphans by gays and lesbians and legalization of sex work. They seek reserve places for women in parliament.

This is a very narrow and focused agenda that excludes the broader picture of the nation. Why only Papua New Guinea? Is PNg the Australian sexual playground?

There is financial danger for unsuccessful candidates in paying back monies given by family and friends.

There was a female candidate who stood last in West New Britain. But she failed as she and husband were NHC house stealers on the run from the police in Lae. This was a brazen attempt to be the local member.

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15 May 2017 — Cathleen and Alan Baragu are the nation's most stupid house stealers. They steal houses and property of people who can identify and chase.