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Radio Australia - News In Depth - In Focus - Paias Wingti (250 words) |
 | Coming from the Jika Tribe, Paias Wingti was the first, and so far the only, Highlander to be prime minister. |
| Wingti was born in 1951 and co-founded the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) in 1985. |
| The previous year, Mr Wingti had come up with what seemed to be a new way to thwart PNG's regular Votes of No Confidence. |
| Green Left - Wingti's gamble sparks PNG crisis (933 words) |
| By resigning suddenly and then being re-elected moments later, Wingti hoped to stave off a likely no-confidence vote early next year and guarantee power for his coalition government until the 1997 general election. |
| Wingti's unpopularity has been growing because of a controversial Internal Security Act, planned introduction of an identity card system, arbitrary moves to combat crime and a radical change to constitutional freedoms. |
| Defending his actions, Wingti said he needed to be re-elected to ensure the political stability of the country for investors until the 1997 election. |
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