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Some, even, seem happy to have the Covid-19 crisis around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even in countries where there is no actual public health emergency, governments are using the threat of the virus as cover for overriding or diluting basic democratic principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather than pulling out all the stops to save their flailing economies, leaders are exploiting extraordinary emergency powers to secure themselves in positions of increasing impunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June this year, Papua New Guinea\u2019s government railroaded the National Pandemic Act 2020 through parliament. The provisions it contains make scant reference to actual public health issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it begins with a list of constitutional rights and freedoms it may constrain, including freedom of expression, freedom of association, and protection from arbitrary search and seizure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also removes checks and balances on government spending, raising concerns that funds given to the government will not receive necessary scrutiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Please click here to read the full \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global\/2020\/aug\/03\/we-cant-allow-pacific-leaders-to-use-coronavirus-as-a-cover-for-authoritarianism\">We can&#8217;t allow Pacific leaders to use coronavirus as a cover for authoritarianism<\/a>\u201d article published at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/au\">Guardian<\/a>, written by <a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/\">Griffith Asia Institute<\/a>, adjunct researcher, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.griffith.edu.au\/asia-institute\/our-researchers\/dr-tess-newton-cain\">Tess Newton Cain<\/a> and Dan McGarry.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNever let a good crisis go to waste.\u201d Across the Pacific, leaders are holding fast to the old political maxim. 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