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:''More information on this topic can be found in the equivalent article in the French Wikipedia.'' The 2011–2012 Papua New Guinean constitutional crisis is an ongoing dispute in Papua New Guinea between Peter O'Neill and Sir Michael Somare over who is legally Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea. ==Prime ministerial dispute== By mid-2011, Somare had spent months in a hospital in Singapore, with Sam Abal as acting prime minister in Papua New Guinea. The majority of members of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea decided in August 2011 to rescind their confidence in Somare in his absence and instead put it behind O'Neill. The Governor-General of Papua New Guinea, Sir Michael Ogio, then, on 2 August and according to constitutional convention,〔 appointed O'Neil as prime minister. However, upon Somare's return, he challenged the dismissal in the country's supreme court, which ruled in December 2011 that Somare's removal from the role of prime minister in August had been unlawful and ordered and directed that he be reinstated. The Governor-General did not immediately comply, stating he "could not understand the court judgment",〔 and O'Neill refused to relinquish the position and remained supported by most members of parliament. Ogio, following the court order, subsequently recognised Somare as prime minister, to which the majority in parliament responded, on 14 December 2011, by "suspending" Ogio and declaring Jeffrey Nape, as Speaker of the National Parliament, as automatically acting governor-general. However, there is no indication the Queen of Papua New Guinea, Elizabeth II, who appoints the governor-general as her representative in the country, revoked Ogio's commission as viceroy. On 19 December, parliament again recognised Ogio as governor-general and O'Neill as prime minister.〔("Governor-General Michael Ogio suspended for backing Michael Somare" ), ''The Australian'', 15 December 2011〕〔("GG ousted" ), ''The National'', 15 December 2011〕〔( "PNG’s GG suspension lifting appears another nail in coffin of Somare bid" ), Radio New Zealand International, 19 December 2011〕 The dispute continued amid the appointment of two different police commissioners on the conflicting advice of O'Neil and Somare. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2011–12 Papua New Guinean constitutional crisis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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