The Opposition team has announced this afternoon that they will be challenging the recently passed amendments to the section 145 of the constitution, which now gives 18 months period for a Prime Minister following an unsuccessful Vote of No Confidence (VONC), for another one to be moved. Deputy Opposition Leader, James Nomane, in a press conference at parliament this afternoon said what happened is a threat to PNG and they will seek the court's advice on this matter next week to challenge it. The change to the section of the constitution was passed into law on Wednesday on the floor of parliament through an 84 to 4 vote. “We’ll be filing next week to oppose these changes as being oppressive and not in the spirit of the constitution by restricting members and prohibiting them from exercising their rights under their mandate to move a vote of no confidence in the prime minister and in that holding the executive government accountable, and ensuring that we have an opposition in the whole process of parliament and parliament debate. “So, this is what we’ll be doing next week, and we expect the Supreme Court will invalidate the changes that took place yesterday and then we will revert the constitution and preserve,” said the Deputy Opposition Leaders. The Opposition also added that they will be filing in the courts to challenge the law passed on recognizing Papua New Guinea as a Christian Country, which was also made yesterday. Member for Sinesine Yongomul, Kerenga Kua said they will file to challenge these two new laws. “On behalf of the people we going to take this issue of the VONC plus the Christian thing into the Supreme Court an ask for a reference. We file a reference, and we ask the Supreme Court to give an opinion about those amendments,” he said.