Life in Wisteria Lane (Desperate Housewives) and Manhattan’s Upper East Side (Gossip Girl) can’t get more exciting than life in Papua New Guinea! In case you aren't aware Papua New Guinea's 2012 National Elections scheduled to happen in nine weeks time might be postponed.

As one might expect, this has sparked uproar and heated debates (as if there already isn't enough up-roaring and debating happening in this country) inside and outside the halls of The Big Haus Tambaran. Relevant stakeholders like Transparency International (TI) PNG and Dame Carol Kidu have aired their concerns at the logic and the legalities surrounding the postponement. Dame Carol has made it known that in order for the postponement to be constitutional, a State of Emergency would have to be declared - shouldn’t that have happened a month or two ago? Dr John Nongorr has said it would be "undemocratic", TI PNG's chairman Lawrence Stephens said that according to reliable sources the common roll is as ready as it has ever been in previous elections.

True that the common roll must be updated and as accurate as possible, true that there will be heightened security risks in certain parts of the country and yes we all want show the good aspects of our country while His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Wales is visiting but are these reasons enough to make us go through another six months of purgatory? The Electoral Commission and Police have the power in their hands and we are all holding our breaths hoping that they will make an honest and just decision that is for the benefit of ALL Papua New Guineans and not just the influential minority.

Then there’s this talk of setting up a biometric voting system - nine weeks prior to elections! That is just pushing it! Shouldn’t we first finish what projects are already in progress (like maybe the CoI into SABLs) before we attempt new expensive ventures? It really is painful to think that my tax money might be going towards purchasing software and machines to measure my biological features for a database that will be used once every five years, when we don’t have adequate ultrasound and x-ray equipment in our hospitals for everyday! Not to mention as technology advances there will have to be updates in the equipment- which equals more expenses.

 The one thing all of us want is for some sort of stability in our lives, we’ve witnessed enough drama in the last 8 months to last a lifetime!

Life in Wisteria Lane and Manhattan’s Upper East Side seems more and more bland compared to life in Papua New Guinea.