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From PNG Blogger-sphere We can now say that we are coming to an era where greed and power has taken over the minds of our National leaders, we no longer have to say we are no way near any of those African failed state like that of Zimbabwe because we are already near the trenches, in the last 24 hours we have received information that surely there is a Zimbabwe styled conspiracy to silence the former Attorney General and MP for Rabaul Dr.Allan Marat. Lagaip Pogera MP Mr. Phillip Kiakala was not wrong when he branded Somare as the Mugabe of the Pacific, he was right in saying that so because it is now showing in this man who we once referred to as the "father of a nation". He is way out of touch with the Country. He has always silenced his critics and made a mockery of our Constitution by bulldozing laws that will not work for the people but against the people. We are now told by insiders that there is a plot by some people in Government in a stunning contract style move to

From PNG Blogger-sphere We can now say that we are coming to an era where greed and power has taken over the minds of our National leaders, we no longer have to say we are no way near any of those African failed state like that of Zimbabwe because we are already near the trenches, in the last 24 hours we have received information that surely there is a Zimbabwe styled conspiracy to silence the former Attorney General and MP for Rabaul Dr.Allan Marat. Lagaip Pogera MP Mr. Phillip Kiakala was not wrong when he branded Somare as the Mugabe of the Pacific, he was right in saying that so because it is now showing in this man who we once referred to as the "father of a nation". He is way out of touch with the Country. He has always silenced his critics and made a mockery of our Constitution by bulldozing laws that will not work for the people but against the people. We are now told by insiders that there is a plot by some people in Government in a stunning contract style mo

Terry B I am always fascinated by people who go out to challenge the establishments in seeking the truth; I am one of the many who wants to know who to trust to run our country. We have a very fragile democracy, it is very delicate and we need to protect it at all cost. In recent times we have seen the attack on our main stream media by the Government over what they label as unprofessional journalism. I feel for the very man and woman who go out every day to get the story to put up on our two national dailies. They are limited to what they can write, yet in their heart they are willing to go out and tell the truth of any matter. I am not a journalist, I am writing this as a citizen, This blog is not out to see who comes here the most in terms of numbers, it’s not to advertise to make money, (no ads here) it’s not about personal gains, it is about PNG, where we are right now as a nation and where we going with the way our current leaders are leading this young nation. It’s about the cou

Terry B I am always fascinated by people who go out to challenge the establishments in seeking the truth; I am one of the many who wants to know who to trust to run our country. We have a very fragile democracy, it is very delicate and we need to protect it at all cost. In recent times we have seen the attack on our main stream media by the Government over what they label as unprofessional journalism. I feel for the very man and woman who go out every day to get the story to put up on our two national dailies. They are limited to what they can write, yet in their heart they are willing to go out and tell the truth of any matter. I am not a journalist, I am writing this as a citizen, This blog is not out to see who comes here the most in terms of numbers, it’s not to advertise to make money, (no ads here) it’s not about personal gains, it is about PNG, where we are right now as a nation and where we going with the way our current leaders are leading this young nation. It’s about the

SOUTH PACIFIC POST Former Attorney General and MP for Rabaul Dr Allan Marat claimed yesterday that a plot was hatched, allegedly by three leaders, to assassinate him. Dr Marat, in a press statement, alleged the plot to kill him was over his honesty in speaking out against corrupt practices in government circles. He revealed the plot during a meeting initiated by the Sepik community living in and around Rabaul on Tuesday. Dr Marat, as Attorney General, had been critical of the government’s handling of various affairs of national interest, among them the LNG project agreements and the proposed amendments to the Ombudsman Commission Act. On the LNG project, Dr Marat said PNG would get “crumbs” while foreigners would benefit the most from the project. He then broke ranks with the Government over the proposed amendments to the Ombudsman Commission Act and told PNG that the mover of the Bill, Moses Maladina had lied to Parliament. The amendments are expected to be tabled in the next session

SOUTH PACIFIC POST Former Attorney General and MP for Rabaul Dr Allan Marat claimed yesterday that a plot was hatched, allegedly by three leaders, to assassinate him. Dr Marat, in a press statement, alleged the plot to kill him was over his honesty in speaking out against corrupt practices in government circles. He revealed the plot during a meeting initiated by the Sepik community living in and around Rabaul on Tuesday. Dr Marat, as Attorney General, had been critical of the government’s handling of various affairs of national interest, among them the LNG project agreements and the proposed amendments to the Ombudsman Commission Act. On the LNG project, Dr Marat said PNG would get “crumbs” while foreigners would benefit the most from the project. He then broke ranks with the Government over the proposed amendments to the Ombudsman Commission Act and told PNG that the mover of the Bill, Moses Maladina had lied to Parliament. The amendments are expected to be tabled in the next

ACTNOW Mr. Ken Fairweather, a member of the People's National Congress and a senior minister in the Somare-led government, has resigned from the government in protest over the amendments to the Environment Act 2000. The amendments strip away rights of landowners to seek redress from the courts over environmental permits. The amendments were purposely made to defeat the current litigation by landowners, against Deep Sea Tailings Disposal System by a Chinese-Government owned Nickle Mine, MCC in Ramu, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Attached is a full page advert paid for by Mr. Fairweather, stating his position on 2 environmentally destructive projects undertaken by the Somare Government in his electorate.

ACTNOW Mr. Ken Fairweather, a member of the People's National Congress and a senior minister in the Somare-led government, has resigned from the government in protest over the amendments to the Environment Act 2000. The amendments strip away rights of landowners to seek redress from the courts over environmental permits. The amendments were purposely made to defeat the current litigation by landowners, against Deep Sea Tailings Disposal System by a Chinese-Government owned Nickle Mine, MCC in Ramu, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Attached is a full page advert paid for by Mr. Fairweather, stating his position on 2 environmentally destructive projects undertaken by the Somare Government in his electorate.

MARC DUBOIS from Médecins Sans Frontières on whether aid workers should intervene in violence not related to armed conflict First impressions of Papua New Guinea tend towards the idyllic - flying over islands and atolls of white beach and emerald water, across green rolling hills backed by thickly-forested mountains. Then the people themselves, open and generous, not just full of smiles but easily reduced to giggling, as I learned on my bumpy local flight from Port Moresby to Lae where I was to visit a family support centre run by the humanitarian aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). There, my romantic idyll was abruptly shattered. The first patient I saw arrive was a woman with three deep blows of a bushknife to the back of her head and her lip and right cheek close to being severed from the rest of her face. She had had a quarrel with the second wife of her husband, she claimed. Really, just a quarrel. For an organisation well-versed in the violent consequences of warfar

MARC DUBOIS from Médecins Sans Frontières on whether aid workers should intervene in violence not related to armed conflict First impressions of Papua New Guinea tend towards the idyllic - flying over islands and atolls of white beach and emerald water, across green rolling hills backed by thickly-forested mountains. Then the people themselves, open and generous, not just full of smiles but easily reduced to giggling, as I learned on my bumpy local flight from Port Moresby to Lae where I was to visit a family support centre run by the humanitarian aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). There, my romantic idyll was abruptly shattered. The first patient I saw arrive was a woman with three deep blows of a bushknife to the back of her head and her lip and right cheek close to being severed from the rest of her face. She had had a quarrel with the second wife of her husband, she claimed. Really, just a quarrel. For an organisation well-versed in the violent consequences of w

Professor John Nonggorr The right thing for Sir Michael Somare to do to promote and uphold good and ethical government, protect the good name of the Office of Prime Minister and set a better example for leadership in PNG, is to step aside as Prime Minister now; and allow investigations to be conducted by relevant law enforcement agencies into serious allegations that he broke a number of laws in the Moti Affair. The Moti Affair The Ombudsman Commission submitted to the Parliament its report on the Moti Affair. The Parliament rejected the Report on 10th March 2010. In the recent sitting of the Parliament, no mention was made of the Report or of the Moti Affair generally. Should PNG just forget about this episode, just like other similar issues in the past, as it if it never happened? This one should not be forgotten. The Moti Affair should not be forgotten because it involved allegations of unlawful conduct on the part of the person holding the Office of Prime Minister. The person occup

Professor John Nonggorr The right thing for Sir Michael Somare to do to promote and uphold good and ethical government, protect the good name of the Office of Prime Minister and set a better example for leadership in PNG, is to step aside as Prime Minister now; and allow investigations to be conducted by relevant law enforcement agencies into serious allegations that he broke a number of laws in the Moti Affair. The Moti Affair The Ombudsman Commission submitted to the Parliament its report on the Moti Affair. The Parliament rejected the Report on 10th March 2010. In the recent sitting of the Parliament, no mention was made of the Report or of the Moti Affair generally. Should PNG just forget about this episode, just like other similar issues in the past, as it if it never happened? This one should not be forgotten. The Moti Affair should not be forgotten because it involved allegations of unlawful conduct on the part of the person holding the Office of Prime Minister. The person

John Greenwell It is sometimes said that Australia granted independence too soon and should have deferred it until Papua New Guinea was ready. This is quite wrong — and is so at various levels. First, it assumes that independence could be delayed until the rate of all the various strands necessary for Papua New Guinea to be ‘ready’ — political, economic, administrative and social  could be controlled and determined by Australia. What this overlooks is that the ‘political’ strand in the evolution of the colonial state necessarily has a life of its own. Being ‘ready’ means there are political leaders sufficiently experienced by involvement in government to be able to assume leadership. But that very process naturally leads those indigenous leaders to make increasing demands for further involvement in the leadership of the country and hence for it to be granted self-government and independence. There would be a number of consequences if Australia had sought to stifle these demands. First

John Greenwell It is sometimes said that Australia granted independence too soon and should have deferred it until Papua New Guinea was ready. This is quite wrong — and is so at various levels. First, it assumes that independence could be delayed until the rate of all the various strands necessary for Papua New Guinea to be ‘ready’ — political, economic, administrative and social  could be controlled and determined by Australia. What this overlooks is that the ‘political’ strand in the evolution of the colonial state necessarily has a life of its own. Being ‘ready’ means there are political leaders sufficiently experienced by involvement in government to be able to assume leadership. But that very process naturally leads those indigenous leaders to make increasing demands for further involvement in the leadership of the country and hence for it to be granted self-government and independence. There would be a number of consequences if Australia had sought to stifle these demands. Fir

Copy of Parliament Hansard

Copy of Parliament Hansard

LIAM FOX - ABC The Papua New Guinean government has passed controversial legislation to protect resource projects from delays caused by environmental challenges. Amendments to PNG's environment act were recently rammed through parliament, with the government using its numbers to suppress debate. They give the environment department more power when it comes to granting environmental permits for resource projects like mining or logging. In many cases, decisions by the department's director are now "final and may not be challenged or reviewed in any court or tribunal". But while mining companies may be applauding, others, including lawyer Tiffany Nonggorr, are accusing the government of betrayal. "It is the most draconian piece of legislation with regards to human rights, particularly indigenous human rights that I have ever seen. It is disgusting," she said. Ms Nonggorr says traditional landowners, who control most of the land in PNG, have been robbed of their