ENVIRONMENT LAW CHANGE AS A DIRECT INSULT TO MADANG LANDOWNERS

George Ireng

This is to inform you of the latest developments that occurred yesterday in Parliament.

The government through the Environment minister, Benny Allan, made changes to sections the Environment Act 2000 to prevent landowners and concerned Papua New Guineans from “interfering” with developing project like the Ramu Nickel Mine and LNG in the Southern Highlands.

This comes after a petition against DSTP was presented to the Deputy Prime Minister, Puka Temu and Environment Minister, Benny Allan, in Bongu Village on 10 April. The petition deadline is on Monday 31 April. But the government has seen fit to insult landowners by changing the law!

The explanatory notes provided to the media make no secret of the fact that this is an attempt by a corrupt regime to suppress the rights of landowners who are concerned about their lives and the environment to which they are connected.

It states: “THE LAW IS BEING MADE IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT COURT DECISION THAT HAS EXPOSED RESOURCE PROJECTS TO THE RISK THAT ANY PERMITS GRANTED BY THE STATE IN SATISFACTION OF LEGAL AND SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENTS MAY NOT BE ENFORCEABLE...”

It goes further to say: “A THIRD PARTY (FINANCED BY SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS), ALTHOUGH NOT STAKEHOLDERS CAN NOW CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OF LEGAL PERMITS AND FRUSTRATE WORKS CARRIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE LAWFUL PERMITS...

...ALL MAJOR MINING AND PETROLEUM RESOURCE PROJECTS (SUCH AS LNG) ARE PARTICULARLY AT RISK AFFECTING THE ECONOMY AND THEREFORE A MATTER OF NATIONAL INTEREST....”

This is a direct insult to the people of Raikos and all Papua New Guineans who are landowners. Personally, I am angered by the government’s actions! The law change is a serious attack on our ability as landowners and Papua New Guineans to speak out against problems created by the actions of government and developers.

This is the first of many public messages that I will deliver to various audiences. Our first course of action is to create a national awareness of this change in the law as it affects all Papua New Guineans. A public Forum will be held on Tuesday (1 April) in Madang town. Then on Wednesday (2 April), a team of landowners will travel to Port Moresby to publicly express our anger in the media over the law change.

We seek your assistance in the following manner:

1) If you wish to assist us further, please provide your DIGICEL numbers to my number mob: 7349 9437 so that messages and updates can be sent to you personally. I am seeking your help in sending that same message to your contacts.

2) We also ask you to send this email to as many of your contacts as possible.


Thanks you


George Ireng



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