For some inspirational and nationalistic reading, try the Constitutional Planning Committee Report.
It's one of the most inspiring documents you as a Papua New Guinean could ever read. It contains the ideals of a new nation. An attempt at harmonising conflicting values of diverse cultures and a modern western-influenced world.
It will also tell you where we went wrong. We set for ourselves a goal. We wrote it down. But as soon as we started the journey our drivers threw out the roadmap and tried to figure it out on their own. As a result we've had successive governments simply continuously trying to undo the work of the previous, and trying their own thing every time. And we have a people who don't know what we started out to do so we don't know how to get our government back on track.
The CPC Report should be compulsory reading for every person (citizen or not), in the PNG education system. Without it and the without the Preamble of the Constituion being compulsory reading, we the people have ended up with a massive vacuum in our mindsets. Our philosophies are lacking a major component. And without that component we continue to be a lost people.
The Preamble of the Constitution is one of the most profound pieces of literature this nation owns. Its ideals are so sound it rivals the profundity of the American Declaration of Independence (at least in my view). The words can move you. The goals contained in the National Goals and Directive Principles are noble and perpetual. If our leaders would take those goals to heart they would realise what they're doing wrong. They'd change and start taking us where we need to go. (That's presuming they are remotely interested in taking us where we need to go).
So we are a nation of blind people being lead by blind leaders. We don't know where we're going and we want to get there real fast. We penned a vision, but threw it out as soon as we started the journey. Now we're travelling a hundred miles an hour not really going to a predetermined destination. We're circling a roundabout of conflicting visions and dreams imposed on us by leaders who want to make a name for themselves but end up mudding our nation's name.
So if you as a resident, or a citizen of this country, are interested in knowing what we should believe as a nation, and where we should be heading, and how we should get there, read the CPC Report and the Preamble of the Constitution.
It'll be worth it.
God bless PNG.
Ganjiki D Wayne
Patriots PngInc
It's one of the most inspiring documents you as a Papua New Guinean could ever read. It contains the ideals of a new nation. An attempt at harmonising conflicting values of diverse cultures and a modern western-influenced world.
It will also tell you where we went wrong. We set for ourselves a goal. We wrote it down. But as soon as we started the journey our drivers threw out the roadmap and tried to figure it out on their own. As a result we've had successive governments simply continuously trying to undo the work of the previous, and trying their own thing every time. And we have a people who don't know what we started out to do so we don't know how to get our government back on track.
The CPC Report should be compulsory reading for every person (citizen or not), in the PNG education system. Without it and the without the Preamble of the Constituion being compulsory reading, we the people have ended up with a massive vacuum in our mindsets. Our philosophies are lacking a major component. And without that component we continue to be a lost people.
The Preamble of the Constitution is one of the most profound pieces of literature this nation owns. Its ideals are so sound it rivals the profundity of the American Declaration of Independence (at least in my view). The words can move you. The goals contained in the National Goals and Directive Principles are noble and perpetual. If our leaders would take those goals to heart they would realise what they're doing wrong. They'd change and start taking us where we need to go. (That's presuming they are remotely interested in taking us where we need to go).
So we are a nation of blind people being lead by blind leaders. We don't know where we're going and we want to get there real fast. We penned a vision, but threw it out as soon as we started the journey. Now we're travelling a hundred miles an hour not really going to a predetermined destination. We're circling a roundabout of conflicting visions and dreams imposed on us by leaders who want to make a name for themselves but end up mudding our nation's name.
So if you as a resident, or a citizen of this country, are interested in knowing what we should believe as a nation, and where we should be heading, and how we should get there, read the CPC Report and the Preamble of the Constitution.
It'll be worth it.
God bless PNG.
Ganjiki D Wayne
Patriots PngInc
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