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NOU VADA Tiffany Twivey’s claims that this political impasse has been caused solely by Courts is unbelievably biased and her Article on PNG Attitude Blog is hardly a proper or a proper enough assessment of the political impasse. It is at best a piece of propaganda from a Government consultant being paid a lot of taxpayer’s money. Twivey states: “Repeat, these sorts of orders have NEVER, EVER been made by any Court in a Westminster system of democracy as they are clearly without jurisdiction and are unconstitutional.” First of all let me just say that it is immaterial that such orders have never been given in the Westminster system. It is immaterial because Papua New Guinea is a constitutional democracy and the powers of the Government’s three arms are set out in the Constitution. Twivey’s mention of the Westminster System is at best a spin-doctor tactic… to make her argument broader than it actually is. In fact her argument is narrow and misleading as you will see. Ms. Twi

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

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

To- Papua New Guinea, and whoever else around the world reading this site, What we are witnessing in the Constitutional crisis, the smashing of our Constitution and our Judiciary, the rise of this illegitimate government led by Peter ONeill and Belden Namah is the result of: 1. Serious intelligence failure by the Australian Government, and lack of proper analysis of events and consequences,  which culminated in Julia Gillard and her government's recognition of Peter ONeill and Belden Namah government. That recognition by Gillard has now given birth to so much illegitimacy, democracy has been flushed down the toilet. PNG today represents one of Australia's most embarrassing foreign policy blunders! 2. Gillard has to ask who in the PNG High Commission and in Canberra gave her the brief to recognize ONeill- while the Supreme Court of PNG was sitting on the question of legitimacy? Heads must roll within the Australian top bureaucracy! 3. The United States, and to a lesser extent Eu

To- Papua New Guinea, and whoever else around the world reading this site, What we are witnessing in the Constitutional crisis, the smashing of our Constitution and our Judiciary, the rise of this illegitimate government led by Peter ONeill and Belden Namah is the result of: 1. Serious intelligence failure by the Australian Government, and lack of proper analysis of events and consequences,  which culminated in Julia Gillard and her government's recognition of Peter ONeill and Belden Namah government. That recognition by Gillard has now given birth to so much illegitimacy, democracy has been flushed down the toilet. PNG today represents one of Australia's most embarrassing foreign policy blunders! 2. Gillard has to ask who in the PNG High Commission and in Canberra gave her the brief to recognize ONeill- while the Supreme Court of PNG was sitting on the question of legitimacy? Heads must roll within the Australian top bureaucracy! 3. The United States, and to a lesser extent Eu

THE standard joke about the PNG jail system is that it has an “open-door policy”. Of course the joke is grounded in fact – the frightening number of jail breaks we have every year. It is as if you can walk in and walk out of jail as you please. Now we have a confidential report into the system which reveals a far more frightening facet of jails in our country. There is an escape almost daily from one of our jails throughout the country. It is so regular single person escapes are not reported. We pray this report, by a National Security Advisory Committee-sanctioned investigation team, is exaggerated because it would be frightening otherwise. More frightening is the assertion in the report that jails are now performing a reversed role to what they are intended to do. They have become recruiting and training ground for criminals. People who go in for minor offences or even the hundreds who spend long periods on remand have been “recruited” by hardened criminals doing time and turned into

THE standard joke about the PNG jail system is that it has an “open-door policy”. Of course the joke is grounded in fact – the frightening number of jail breaks we have every year. It is as if you can walk in and walk out of jail as you please. Now we have a confidential report into the system which reveals a far more frightening facet of jails in our country. There is an escape almost daily from one of our jails throughout the country. It is so regular single person escapes are not reported. We pray this report, by a National Security Advisory Committee-sanctioned investigation team, is exaggerated because it would be frightening otherwise. More frightening is the assertion in the report that jails are now performing a reversed role to what they are intended to do. They have become recruiting and training ground for criminals. People who go in for minor offences or even the hundreds who spend long periods on remand have been “recruited” by hardened criminals doing time and turned

Mr Speaker, when the O’Neill-Namah Government was elected on the floor of Parliament last year, we faced a tremendous task of reconstruction and reform after 10 years of waste, neglect and lost opportunity. I have spoken previously about the areas where this waste and neglect, and indeed corruption, was most prevalent and caused the most damage – in the State Owned Enterprises supervised by the Independent Public Business Corporation under the stewardship of the suspended Member for Angoram and his outrigger Mr Glen Blake who during that time claimed to be (and probably still is) the Somare family financial adviser. Since we were elected in August last year, much of the focus of my efforts, as Minister for State Enterprises, has been on finding out how big a mess the State Owned Enterprises are in; and where they have lost money, how that money was lost, where the money went to, and to try to get as much of that lost money back as we can. Mr Speaker, this is public money