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The death of Works Minister Solan Mirisim (Telefomin, West Sepik) this week has once again exposed a sobering reality in Papua New Guinea: a surge in the deaths of serving MPs over a short span of years, marking one of the most unusual and destabilising periods in the country's post-Independence political history.
Since 2022, twelve sitting MPs and provincial governors have died while still in office - almost a tenth of the total 118 seats.
In 2022, only weeks before the national election, Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil (Bulolo, Morob
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