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by MICHAEL JOSEPH PASSINGAN In documents leaked by Hon Ano Pala, Attorney General to PNG Blogs, controversial lawyer Paul Paraka submitted a letter on 17 August 2016 to crooked Police Commissioner Gari Baki, seeking "Withdrawal of Criminal Charges and Termination of Criminal Investigations on all Paraka Related Files". It would be interesting how this will be responded to by the Police Commissioner who is known for bending backwards for high profile people. The Paraka saga gripped the entire country for more than a decade. Paraka is here claiming that the law enforcement officers were used by political forces to institute the criminal cases against him, something not out of the ordinary these days. PM O'Neill's case is part of the Parakagate and it will this be the way out created for O'Neill by the very person who dragged him in the first place?

by MICHAEL J. PASSINGAN The National Gaming Control Board under the watch of Peter O’Neill in 2012 acted as an extra cash dispenser for the government and its allies. The office, established in 1995 to regulate a fledgling industry, was brought about by the passing of the Gaming Machine Act (1993). Poker machine gaming began in May of 1995 after its introduction was approved by parliament through a Private Members Bill in 1994. Since then, the industry has grown rapidly to become a major revenue earner for the state. In the two decades (1995-2015) since its inception, over 2.3 Billion Kina has flowed through the NGCB coffers. The then General Secretary of People’s National Congress Party, JONATHAN O’ATA, wrote to the Prime Minister’s First Secretary MR ELLIOT TABUA with a list of names on the 18th of April 2012 presenting him with Project Applications from 30 Pro PNC Candidates two months away from the issue of Writs. Mike Eddie at that time was the NGCB chairman who had reque

By Ngaliwaliopa Suritomatengiman and others One of the most important components of a democracy is people’s right to organize and pressure their point of view to the government to accommodate.   The process of people unifying and organizing to speak out and pressure the government to do things differently is a constitutional right in real democracies.   This is because in a real democracy, a government is of the people, by the people and for the people.  The people are the real bosses in a democracy.  MPs and PM are only there to carry out the will of the people.   Overall stability is encouraged by the fact that most organizing and speaking out occurs around election time.  However real democracies don’t impose time slots on the right to organize and protest, it can be done any time, election or not, in real democracies.   An ocean of citizens brought down corrupt government leaders in the nation of Guatemala last year, proving that Guatemala, despite its problems, remains

by BRYAN KRAMER Both daily newspapers reported Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has welcomed the passing of Papua New Guinea’s Cybercrime legislation that will protect the rights of people around the nation and strengthen public debate in the nation. "It is only the people who break laws, incite violence, and who bully or slander, who have to be concerned that their actions will see them become the subject of a criminal investigation." "I dismiss the claims raised by individuals who hide behind fake online names by night, but by day pretend to be neutral in their jobs." "There are even a few individuals at some mainstream media who fit into this category and it is in their own interest to show courage and declare their political allegiances." "Indeed I call on all people who hide behind fake names and hidden profiles to come forward and present your views under your real names." "If you feel so strongly about your views we have an

NIUGINI OUTLOOK Peter O'Neill is going through the same procedure with the LNG resource owners as he did with PNG's university students, and one is hard put not to be worried about what the outcome will be. He's starting out with the same old trick of being "too busy" to meet with the resource owners and actually telling the truth to them. Instead, he send the inexperienced and extremely unimpressive Nixon Duban to act on his behalf. We can't think of a more effective way to piss of the Huli resource owners of the LNG project. We can predict right now that Peter O'Neill will never volunteer and will try to avoid answering all possible questions before they're asked. We wonder about what seems to be 2 different trust funds for the same purpose. We are confused what royalties are sitting in that trust account, and who is getting the mega-interest earned on all that money. We're wondering if the resource owners have ever act