SYDNEY (Reuters) - When Papua New Guinea's lawmakers started to shift their weight in their parliamentary seats in preparation for a tense vote on a new prime minister on Thursday, James Marape looked uninterested, his head lowered, fingers tapping his phone.
The former finance minister later explained he was preparing notes for a speech, should numbers fall his way.
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