[3] The SFU, under the direction of PNGDF commander Jerry Singirok, took the Sandline contractors hostage and announced the cancellation of their contract.
[5][6][7][8][9] In 2007, Namah entered Parliament as a member of the National Alliance Party and became Minister of Forestry and Natural Resources in the Michael Somare-Puka Temu cabinet.
[18] In May 2012, Namah stormed into the Supreme Court, accused Chief Justice Salomo Injia of sedition, and demanded his resignation.
[19] The court had upheld a December 2011 ruling that the O'Neill-Namah government was illegal, and the incident was referred to the Ombudsman Commission as misconduct in office.
[21] Namah was referred by the prosecutor to a Leadership Tribunal in October 2016, four-and-a-half years after the events took place, and was suspended from his post.
[25] Although Namah's challenge to the 2019 appointment of James Marape was rejected by the Supreme Court the following year,[26] he was again recognised as leader of the opposition.
[30] Police requested an interview with him in June 2013 about the possible misappropriation of A$4.6 million meant for a road project in West Sepik, but Namah denied the allegation.
[31] When Namah became deputy prime minister in 2011, he said that any government he might lead would aim to provide free universal education and healthcare, and to "fix the law and order problem in this country".
Prospective university students would serve two years in the military, and Papua New Guinean scientists working on climate change would be supported.