The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Sir Michael Somare, has vowed to appoint his deputy today.
The Post Courier reports the prime minister's lawyer Sumasy Singin, yesterday told the Waigani National Court that the issue of the appointment of a deputy prime minister "would be resolved in the next 24 hours".
The undertaking came after Morobe Governor Luther Wenge brought to court the issue of the delay in the appointment of a deputy prime minister for 12 months.