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Security guards entered the building located in the nation's capital, Port Moresby, after learning that they would not be paid for the work done at the APEC summit last week. said Chief Superintendent of Police, Dominic Kakas.
"A group of policemen dissatisfied with the compensation and this morning they were misled.They thought they would not be paid for their security work during the APEC summit," Kakas said. CNN.
"They evacuated their frustration by smashing windows and destroying objects in the entrance to Parliament, and the police are currently on the scene to try to determine whether assaults have also taken place," Kakas said.
MP Bryan Kramer posted a video on Facebook stating that the police "stormed Parliament over their grievances" and disrupted the meeting of the party 's cabinet. opposition.
"Many members of Parliament's staff have been attacked in this clash," said Kramer.
Kakas said the police had to confirm that there had been aggression, adding that the police were trying to impose calm.
Brenton Kanowski, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, said he had left the area but confirmed that "the Parliament building had been damaged while the government had already paid 50% of its allowances and that the bill was only received today for the remaining amount ".
He added that the compensation amounted to 10 million kina ($ 3 million).
It was the first time that Papua New Guinea (PNG), the least economically developed of the 21 APEC countries, hosted the summit.
Widespread corruption and high unemployment
In June, the PNG government declared the state of emergency for nine months and sent the army as a result of intense violence in the southern Highlands province, where rioters looted businesses and burned down an airplane and courts. One commentator described the situation in some parts of the country as a "civil war".
Some critics had warned that the meeting of regional leaders could expose systemic problems in PNG and embarrass it in front of the world.
In July, former PNG Prime Minister Mekere Morauta accused the current government of turning the two-day summit into a "cargo cult", referring to a belief system in which ancestral spirits are invoked in the hope of bringing cargoes of food and other goods. .
"APEC will not solve the problems of PNG such as widespread corruption, high unemployment, escalating crime, deteriorating state of health centers and hospitals as well as classrooms, roads, telecommunication and transport services, "he said.
Many were particularly enraged by the government's purchase of 40 custom-built Maserati cars – which were airlifted from Italy – for the benefit of leaders during their stay in Port Moresby.
At the annual meeting in Papua New Guinea, the 21 leaders of APEC all agreed, with the exception of China, CNN told a source close to the meeting.
