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By ROIT S A MULAN Court have exhausted their powers to uphold the warrant, Police Have done theirs and are having difficulty effecting arrest.  Now its citizens Call.  Citizens Arise The combined reading of Constitution, the Constitutional Planning Committee’s Report, the Police Act 1998 and the Arrest Act, it is evident that with respect to the decisions about whom and how to investigate, charge and prosecute, the police are shielded from direction, control and undue influence by the Executive Government and thus have a somewhat different relationship to the Executive with respect to such matters than is the usual case for public servants in a democracy. Individual police officers are mandated with the authority to investigate, arrest, lay charge and prosecute an offender. The law does not demand that every individual case to require the approval of the Police Commissioner before an arrest is made on an individual. It defeats the tenets of the rule of law to single out on

By PNGBLOGS Staff Writers A person can have a PhD yet remain childishly immature and lacking in wisdom.   A high level university administrator can have education, wealth and status, but lack personal integrity.    All this is becoming selfevident through the continuing saga of former UPNG SRC president Bobby Yupi.   Last week, Yupi was lead actor in a self-created primitive action movie we might entitle “Return To The Stone Age”.   The event was witnessed by thousands as Bobby led a group of knife and gun wielding wantoks to attack peaceful, unarmed students attending a UPNG forum.  What Bobby Yupi did was beyond reprehensible.  It was criminal.  It was also the kind of event that outsiders love pointing to as evidence that PNG is a perpetually uncivilised nation.   Yupi’s actions did immense damage to UPNG’s reputations and that of the students. What on earth inspired UPNG students to elect as their SRC president an individual with such obvious character flaws and ca

THE PETER O'NEILL 'PERFECT PRIME MINISTER' PROPHECY FOR PAPUA NEW GUINEA C/- Roger R Wiyepe P.O. Box 2468 BOROKO National Capital District 30th March, 2014. Hon. Peter O’Neill, CMG MP Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Office of the Prime Minister National Parliament P O Box 639 WAIGANI SUBJECT: YOU (PM Peter O’Neill) ARE THE 7TH AND THE PERFECT PRIME MINISTER PNG HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THE LAST 36 YEARS SINCE SELF – GOVERNANCE. This letter captures a prophecy that serves to inform you Mr. Prime Minister that you are the 7th and the perfect Prime Minister PNG has been long waiting for, for the last 36 years since self – governance. I came up with this prophecy after a holistic and thorough investigation into the bible and history and geography of Israel and PNG with afterwards extrapolation and correlation between these two nations of great interest. Now according to the God of the bible let us find out who is the perfect PM since PNG obtain its self – g

By LAKEN LEPATU AIGILO I was an observer at UPNG Forum before yesterday (08th July, 2014) and witnessed the Students Clash in its entirety. As such, I join other fellow PNG citizen who shared re this matter herein and hereunder is my testament. Awaiting declaration of the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) ‘VOTE OF REFERENDUM’ results by the Papua New Guinea Electrical Commission (PNGEC) and/or UPNG Administration at the UPNG Forum Square at about 12.00 Noon, students amicably and in an orderly fashion discussed issues pertaining to the current PARAKAGATE SAGA. The dismissed UPNG Students Representative Council (SRC) MR. BOBBY YUPI was seated at the Forum Car Park area with ‘FEW SELECTIVE’ Southern Highlands Province and Hela Province male students. I stood there next to them with handful of my friends. Mr. Yupi and his men were not heedful of the ongoing discussion at the Forum Square something which I conceived as unbecoming of the UPNG SRC President. They sit in an organized

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND MINISTER FOR JUSTICE PRESS STATEMENT Purpose 1. The purpose of this Press Statement is to clarify the Front Page run by the National Newspaper yesterday 8th July 2014 in which the headline stated "Paraka Paid Legally" 2. The Attorney General, Hon Ano Pala, CMG LLB, MP regrets the headline "Paraka Paid Legally" that was printed in the National Newspaper dated 8th July 2014. 3. The Attorney General further states that the media and in particular the National Newspaper has mis-interpreted and mis-construed his letter to the Commissioner of Police. Furthermore the Attorney General would like to clarify that in relation to the Court Orders as to payments, this is a matter of entirely left for the Court to determine fully in the proceedings which are currently before the courts. 4. In relation to the current Court proceedings (Civil & Criminals) the Attorney General fully understands and respects the due process of the courts. 5.

SOURCE: ABC Papua New Guinea's former attorney-general says Peter O'Neill's attempt to explain a crucial letter in a corruption case undermines the prime minister's later claim that the letter was forged. Mr O'Neill has confirmed to the ABC that he signed a letter in 2013 that clarified the intent of an earlier directive to process legal bills, but insists he misunderstood what he was signing. Mr O'Neill says his chief of staff, Isaac Lupari, drafted the letter for him to sign but Mr Lupari has refused to confirm that he was the author. "If [Mr O'Neill] says that he didn't sign the first letter, then how is it that in the second letter he refers to the first letter by date?" former attorney-general Kerenga Kua said. Mr Kua was dismissed for questioning Mr O'Neill's leadership but remains an MP for Sinasina-Yonggamugl. A legal and political scandal has raged in PNG since police served Mr O'Neill with an arrest warrant

BREAKING NEWS - ATTORNEY GENERAL SUMMONED TO COURT TO FACE CONTEMPT OF COURT CHARGES The National Court Judge Kandakasi summons Attorney General Ano Pala to appear in Court tomorrow 9:30am to face contempt of court charges for his misleading statements in the media. The Court sealed and issued the summons late this afternoon and police were instructed to serve it on the Attorney General. If found guilty and sentenced to more than 9 months imprisonment under section 103(3)(c) of he Constitution he can be dismissed from office.

BY PETER O'NIELL MP  PRIME MINISTER OF PNG Indirectly the whole payment have been used by selfish politicians to drum up  support to overthrow the legitimate and mandated Government of the people and the Prime Minister. Planned demonstrations and marches from sections of our communities, are not the forum to address these issues, politicians are using the Civil Society to attain their political aspirations but thank god to date our citizens have exercised maturity and respect for the law and have cooperated fully with our law enforcement agencies. THE ONES WHO STAND TO MISS OUT AND SUFFER IN THE LONG RUN Indeed, it was the seven million Papua New Guineans that decided in the 2012 General Election with an overwhelming majority to elect the current Prime Minister Hon. Peter O'Neill to lead them for the next five years. Our innocent citizens in the wider section of our communities, particularly our rural population that are now enjoying Government services for the fir

By AJ LAMBO WAIGANI: Peter O’Neill staged the fight on 16th June 2014. He chose Waigani to be his battle field. A tactician he is, he fought on two fronts: sent his lawyer to Court and dismantled the investigating team. He was brilliant – he knew the target, but his arsenal of weapons could not destroy it. He lost all his fights (and gracefully surrendered) at Waigani Court House. Now, it’s time to move the battle field to Konedobu. O’Neill’s greatest phobia is looking investigator in the eye and answering their questions. A proper police interrogation is not what every person who has something to hide wants to face. They fear police investigators that some can wet their pants. Call By Leaders for Peter O’Neill to Own Up CHRISTAIN LEADERS: We heard leaders from main-line churches appealing for O’Neill to submit to police request. Thank God and pioneer missionaries, PNG are blessed with established churches (Anglican, Lutheran, Catholic, SDA) with strong leaders who have wisdom to co

By Lowly Paid Lae Worker Housing is a right, not a privilege only for those at the top of the food chain to enjoy. I am a public servant with K7 housing allowance fortnightly and have been living with wantoks ever since I joined the workforce 12 years ago. Though I have some savings at Nambawan Super, I am only eligible to withdraw 100% of employee contributions, which is not enough to meet the deposit for a bank loan to buy or build a house here in Lae. I have a wife and three children; 12, 10 and 7 year olds but still living with wantoks 12 years later. I would like to recommend to Sir Nagora Bogan’s Task Force on Taxation and O’Neill Government to change the Superannuation Legislation so that members can be able to withdraw 100% of their savings to use as a deposit to buy a house or build one. This should include 100% accumulated interest, employee and employer portions so it can be enough to put in a deposit for a housing loan.  The amended legislat