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Papua New Guinea’s  prime minister, Peter O’Neill, has accused the trade union leader, John Paska, of trying to incite anarchy. Mr Paska is the general secretary of the Trade Union Congress and one of the leaders of a protest in Port Moresby, which has been raising concerns about controversial legislative moves by the government. Mr O’Neill says Mr Paska called for businesses, shops and schools across the city to close. And many have, with no school classes for two days and some businesses and public transport not operating. The prime minister says Mr Paska is conducting a political vendetta against the government, which is threatening peace and good order. He says he wants Mr Paska to account for what he calls his misconduct in office and to desist from making any further calls for civil action and public disturbance. Police dispersed a small crowd of public protesters outside of the Somare Foundation building yesterday, warning of arresting them if they continue.A small gro

Papua New Guinea’s  prime minister, Peter O’Neill, has accused the trade union leader, John Paska, of trying to incite anarchy. Mr Paska is the general secretary of the Trade Union Congress and one of the leaders of a protest in Port Moresby, which has been raising concerns about controversial legislative moves by the government. Mr O’Neill says Mr Paska called for businesses, shops and schools across the city to close. And many have, with no school classes for two days and some businesses and public transport not operating. The prime minister says Mr Paska is conducting a political vendetta against the government, which is threatening peace and good order. He says he wants Mr Paska to account for what he calls his misconduct in office and to desist from making any further calls for civil action and public disturbance. Police dispersed a small crowd of public protesters outside of the Somare Foundation building yesterday, warning of arresting them if they continu

By Tiffany Twivey-Nonggorr The current constitutional crisis in PNG has been created by certain members of the Supreme Court, not by O’Neill or by Somare. This has happened in three ways: a) Unconstitutional and undemocratic  Orders made by the Supreme Court b) The refusal of Chief Justice to recognise the constitutional powers of the NEC for his removal, placing himself above the law, and c) Refusal by certain Judges to recognise the unlimited constitutional  power of Parliament to legislate – particularly, the Judicial Conduct Act Unconstitutional and Undemocratic Orders made by Supreme Court Certain Judges have exercised powers that according to the Constitution they do not have AND have never been claimed or exercised by any Judge in PNG or anywhere else. These certain members of the Supreme Court gave orders in December 2011 and now again  in April 2012 over Parliament, the type of which have NEVER, EVER been made, not only  in the history of PNG, but in the history of any Westmin

By Tiffany Twivey-Nonggorr The current constitutional crisis in PNG has been created by certain members of the Supreme Court, not by O’Neill or by Somare. This has happened in three ways: a) Unconstitutional and undemocratic  Orders made by the Supreme Court b) The refusal of Chief Justice to recognise the constitutional powers of the NEC for his removal, placing himself above the law, and c) Refusal by certain Judges to recognise the unlimited constitutional  power of Parliament to legislate – particularly, the Judicial Conduct Act Unconstitutional and Undemocratic Orders made by Supreme Court Certain Judges have exercised powers that according to the Constitution they do not have AND have never been claimed or exercised by any Judge in PNG or anywhere else. These certain members of the Supreme Court gave orders in December 2011 and now again  in April 2012 over Parliament, the type of which have NEVER, EVER been made, not only  in the history of PNG, but in the history

PFF Rarotonga, COOK ISLANDS- The Pacific Freedom Forum condemns the brutal attack by uniformed Police officers on Papua New Guinea journalist Mark Kayok on the evening of Saturday 21 April, in Port Moresby. Kayok, a Police rounds reporter with the National Broadcasting Corporation, has reportedly sustained a broken nose amongst his injuries and is currently recovering at home. The incident was reported in the morning bulletin on NBC radio on Monday 23 April . Kayok had been on assignment on Saturday evening before meeting up with a friend who was wearing his Police uniform. Returning home, they were tailed by a mobile Police Unit who stopped them at a service station in 5-mile and began assaulting the Police officer. When Kayok tried to stop the attack, the assailants asked him who he was. He identified himself as an NBC journalist and was also beaten up by the group of Police officers who told him media were not reporting positively on them.

PFF Rarotonga, COOK ISLANDS- The Pacific Freedom Forum condemns the brutal attack by uniformed Police officers on Papua New Guinea journalist Mark Kayok on the evening of Saturday 21 April, in Port Moresby. Kayok, a Police rounds reporter with the National Broadcasting Corporation, has reportedly sustained a broken nose amongst his injuries and is currently recovering at home. The incident was reported in the morning bulletin on NBC radio on Monday 23 April . Kayok had been on assignment on Saturday evening before meeting up with a friend who was wearing his Police uniform. Returning home, they were tailed by a mobile Police Unit who stopped them at a service station in 5-mile and began assaulting the Police officer. When Kayok tried to stop the attack, the assailants asked him who he was. He identified himself as an NBC journalist and was also beaten up by the group of Police officers who told him media were not reporting positively on t

Ha! I see the Aussie intelligence Community aparatus is well and truely alive and swinging around  here to cover Julia Gillard's arse swinging in the wind! Well I make no apologies for touching on a very sensitive nerve! Its not about blaming someone for our own mistakes, and mind you we have made a meal of it so far and I would be one of  the first ones to own up.  However, to seek to down play this as a simple blame shifting exercise is to admit ones own ignorance of the Doctrine of (International) Recognition and its well established body of  rules that govern and determine dejure or defacto governments, and ultimately the question of legitimacy. To bury our heads in the sand and claim we unilaterally determine political outcomes in PNG is most absurd and pure garbage granted Australia's very active involvement in every facet of our public and private lives today. Australia has over 14 intelligence desk officers and an army of other human intel- agents and sour

Ha! I see the Aussie intelligence Community aparatus is well and truely alive and swinging around  here to cover Julia Gillard's arse swinging in the wind! Well I make no apologies for touching on a very sensitive nerve! Its not about blaming someone for our own mistakes, and mind you we have made a meal of it so far and I would be one of  the first ones to own up.  However, to seek to down play this as a simple blame shifting exercise is to admit ones own ignorance of the Doctrine of (International) Recognition and its well established body of  rules that govern and determine dejure or defacto governments, and ultimately the question of legitimacy. To bury our heads in the sand and claim we unilaterally determine political outcomes in PNG is most absurd and pure garbage granted Australia's very active involvement in every facet of our public and private lives today. Australia has over 14 intelligence desk officers and an army of other human intel- agents

Unions in Papua New Guinea say they are about to organise industrial action and a disruption to services in the nation's capital to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Peter O'Neill. Businesses in Port Moresby are being told to expect disruptions to water and electricity services, while public servants are being urged not to show up for work as part of the protest against the O'Neill government's desire to delay the 2012 elections by six months. "There may be disruptions to communications, which can affect banking," said John Paska, general secretary of the Papua New Guinea Trade Union Congress, which covers 70,000 workers. "There will be certain levels of disruption to services not necessarily tomorrow (Tuesday) alone, but until the government repeals the laws that are draconian, are undermining the constitution," he told AAP. Mr Paska said the unions will organise a small protest outside parliament on Tuesday to hand a petition to the governme