a leadership tribunal. O'Neill welcomed the chance to clear his name. However, he delayed the appointment of a new Chief Ombudsman and appointed a controversial Acting Chief Ombudsman. O'Neill's lawyers challenged the powers of the Ombudsman to investigate the Prime Minister as well as publish and distribute resulting information. The Ombudsman should first inform the Prime Minister in such cases. The Supreme Court ruled that the Ombudsman commission was under no obligation to inform the Prime Minister in such instances. The report that O'Neill wanted to suppress came into the open in May 2019. It did not only indicate O'Neill but among others also his successor, Marape. He was Minister of Finance when the deal was concluded; Preceding this information from the Ombudsman there was news that Swiss financial regulators would look into the matter, Prime minister Marape has installed a Commission of inquiry under the leadership of the chief justice and with the head of the anti corruption Task force Sweep as council. Its brief is limited to the legality of the events and it has to report within three months. The commission of inquiry materialised somewhat later in March 2021, O'Neill testified without any reservations: He welcomed the enquiry and considers it essential that the truth be told: "the enquiry is necessary. O'Neill was unapologetic: members of his former cabinet who deny knowledge of how the loan came to be approved were cowards. He declared himself happy with the loan. The opposition to O'Neill on these issues was intense. University students went on strike demanding his resignation, which resulted in violent confrontations with the police and closure of the University of Papua New Guinea for the academic year. Three former Prime Ministers, Somare, Chan, and Morauta supported a motion of no confidence and urged O'Neill to resign. When O'Neill resigned he was therefore on siege from several sides : not only his parliamentary majority that was at stake. He was also under threat from the Ombudsman Commission and a Leadership Tribunal may have resulted from the report. Despite these issues, there was also praise for O'Neill after his resignation. Instead of facing a vote of no confidence, he was praised by Marape. William Duma who had made the definite move against his premiership praised him as well. Economy O'Neill presided over a period of economic growth attributable in the main to the commencement of the ExxonMobil-Total PNG LNG