Parliament resumed sitting this morning only to be adjourned right after it commenced proceedings after experiencing power disruptions.
Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Koni Iguan addressed the house saying that the continuous blackouts in the city of Port Moresby yesterday have badly affected the National Parliament’s standby power generators; hence, during the opening prayer this morning, the lights went out in the parliament chamber.
“It’s already affected the aircon and while we were praying, you can see that we have a blackout.”
“So, honorable members, I adjourn parliament to tomorrow (Thursday 5th June) 10 o’clock AM,” announced the Deputy Speaker.
Much of today’s activities have now been moved to tomorrow and it is hoped that the power issue at the parliament house can be resolved, especially its generators.
Meanwhile, PNG Power has been attending to power issues in Port Moresby city. From notices issued out, PNG Power over the weekend attended to power issues.
On Sunday 1st June, PNG Power teams worked on the Moitaka Feeder and the Bomana 33kv line where an emergency outage had to be made.
PNG Power also advises customers with standby generators, like the parliament house, to utilize them during times of blackouts.