PORT MORESBY: Papua New Guinea lawmakers overwhelmingly elected James Marape as prime minister on Thursday a former finance minister who resigned in protest against a massive ExxonMobil and Total gas project.
In a Facebook post early on Thursday Marape vowed to make Papua New Guinea"the 'richest black Christian nation' on earth" and to put the"national interest ahead of personal and corporate interest." The ExxonMobil and Total Papua LNG project, signed in April, would almost double Papua New Guinea's gas exports.
Resigning in April, Marape's cited difference with O'Neill on"work and policy related matters" as well as the lack of local"participation in our gas, oil sector" and mining industry.
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