BRAVE ANNA SKATE SPEAKS OUT AGAINST PNC

By Anna Skate

I would like to take this opportunity to clarify one important detail with all of you good people here. William Jnr Skate does not speak for the entire Skate family and as far as anyone of us is concerned including my widowed, ex-life member for PNC, mother - Lady Rarua Skate, this ceremony is a slap in the face. It is a slap in the face to the people of Hanuabada, for a road that cuts through their land I cannot seem to understand why PNC opted to use the name of my late father when there are so many great leaders from Hanuabada that contributed in more ways then one to the prosperity of their people and their country. Mauru Rarua Rarua, Dadi Toka Jnr, Sir Sinaka Guava, Boe Vagi and Pipi Gari to name a few. 

This is nothing more then propaganda, propaganda to fish for grass root votes. My late father who Peter O'Neil removed from PNC, revoked his governorship and left him a backbencher up until his passing is rolling in his grave.

If you want to use the first Papuan Prime Minister's name for the purpose of naming landmarks, you make sure whatever landmark you choose is of significant value to the entire country and more importantly you make certain his wife and the rest of his children give you their blessings. William Jnr Skate is not Willian Jack SKATE Snr! He is his son and I am his daughter, our father has passed and we are survived by our mother and if you promote equality among genders then she holds equal status to her husband. Why she was not apart of this ceremony does not affect her one bit, what does is the fact that PNC can at choosing throw around her husbands name and title and use it as a marketing tool for self gratification. 

She is also a proud Motu Koitabuan woman and believes that if any name was to be given to that stretch of road it rightfully belonged to a leader from Hanuabada. 

For the record the Skate family is no longer affiliated with PNC, only William Jnr is. We have seen the direction PNC has taken during the years and it no longer represents nor does it hold true to its purpose and core. My father created a party that was supposed to thrive alongside it's people. Today PNC thrives without the people, and I for one will hold true to my values and principles and not allow myself to flourish at the expense of my integrity.
It is saddening to see that so many people who my father held close to heart can give praise and recognition to the very man that removed him from his own party. When opportunity determines your loyalty, then there is something seriously wrong with your character.
I bid you all a safe election, god bless na tok idai.