IS OMBUDSMAN RIGO LUA CORRUPTLY PLAYING POLITICAL FAVOURITES?
PNGBLOGS CONTRIBUTER NETWORK There have been suspicions about Rigo Lua ever since he was appointed Chief Ombudsman by Peter O’Neill in June 2013. Any political appointee by Peter O’Neill becomes automatically suspect these days given that the Prime Minister has such a solid track record for appointing cronies and lackees to stand by his side and protect him. The appointment of Acting Police Commissioner Geoffrey Vaki is merely the tip of the iceberg in questionable Peter O’Neill appointments. He wants a friendly task force by his side and most certainly he doesn’t want to see an activist ombudsman poking around at what he’s been doing. When Ombudman Lua started his job then proceeded to sit on a number of prosecution papers for MPs who had never turned in their 2012 election acquittals, inquiring minds began to wonder why the delay on such a straightforward matter. Then came the back and forth paperwork between the ombudsman and Public Prosecutor Pondrus Kaluwin ov