PNG speaker approves controversial Judicial Conduct Act
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The Papua New Guinea Speaker, Jeffrey Nape, has certified the
Judicial Conduct Act 2012, despite assurances from the government that
implementation of the law would be delayed.
There’s major disquiet over the legislation which allows the government to suspend judges.
The prime minister, Peter O’Neill, said late last week that the law
would be subjected to a review by the Constitutional Law Reform
Commission.
That process was to take nine months.
However, the Post Courier reports that Mr Nape signed the law into effect last Friday.
Since then Mr O’Neill has reconfirmed his intention for the law to be
deferred and for it to be referred to the Commission for awareness and
wider consultation under the chairmanship of Gabriel Kapris.
A spokesperson says the Speaker’s certifying of the law is
conditional and doesn’t reflect a change in the government’s position.
Nape is above the law. He started whole legal problem with advice from lawyer with marital problem. Who has integrity to point fingers?
ReplyDeleteCan someone tell us why should the CJ step aside when the Constitution clearly calls on him to be the President when the matter before the Supreme Court is one of interpretation and application of constitutional law?
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