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by A Concerned Papua New Guinean Apart from 2022 being the worst election marred by unprecedented violence and i’ll-preparation, the Constitutional Office of the Electoral Commission committed some unforgivable constitutional blunders that throws the entire constitutional process into question. Election is the most important constitutional process that comes once every five years and the organisation mandated to deliver this process got it wrong right from the beginning. Here are the most notable constitutional sins of the EC: 1. Appointment of ROs and AROs were left to the very last minute. There are actions like validating and updating common rolls that the RO is supposed to do before the elections. Since most of the electoral officials are appointed at the eve of elections, they are normally appointed six months before that to prepare them on how to competently manage the elections well. He left it too late and we’ve seen electoral officials undergoing training on the eve of vot

THE GOVERNOR GENERAL’S DECISION TO EXTEND TIME IS SIMILAR TO O'NEIL’S EXCUSE IN 2011 –  by Paul Amato I am greatly alarmed at how many educated people seem to think it is fine for the Governor General to extend the time for counting to be completed when we are fast approaching the deadline for the Return of Writs on 29th July 2022. This is dangerous and reverses the excuses Peter O'Neil and Belden Namah took in 2011 to overthrow the then Somare Government. If we truly are a law-abiding nation, then we must follow the rule and letter of the law at all times. We cannot keep coming up with excuses to break the law for convenience's sake. No other democratic country does that. Two excellent discussions in PNG Think Tank #1 WhatsApp forum by former judge Mr. Luther Wenge, and former Chief Justice Sir Arnold Amet. Both are clear that the Constitution does not leave any room for argument or debate where it clearly sets the date for the Return of Writs. They both agree that the Con

by PAUL AMATIO The “Marape Curse” is well and truly in effect in this country as we speak. Remember that when you sup with the devil, you should use a very long spoon.  Well, this guy invited the devil not only to the table but into the very kitchen itself. Marape’s words were very clear. He did not ask God to curse the people who are corrupt. He prayed for curses upon the corrupt. To me, when you pray for a curse, you a praying for Satanic intervention. And that looks like what we got. And to my mind, I do not believe for one second that Marape is as clean as he makes out to be. I’m not a bible basher but I think someone should clarify this tiny little point. God does not bestow curses upon mankind. That is left to mankind. However if you pray and ask for a curse, then the Devil will oblige and he will expect and exact payment for doing you that “favor”. So just look around you. In Marape’s own province, there are 16 deaths – election related – and yet we hear Commissioner Manning pra

by Francis Potape  former MP for Komo Magarima and Governor Today Hela mourns the death of true, fair and democratic elections whilst the perpetrators celebrate the fruits of their evil labour. Feelings of despair and hopelessness grip the Hela land far and wide. Even those in the celebration circles know deep down in them that what had happened in the elections will remain a huge scar in the Province’s history. Based on the conduct of elections in Hela in 2022 and in many parts of the Highlands region I honestly believe that democratic processes of elections are under seized by power hungry people. Hela people have witnessed a massive election fraud conducted province-wide jointly by certain candidates, electoral commission agents, senior public servants, warlords and gunmen. “Democratic elections are under threat not by ordinary citizens but by those holding key positions of protecting them. If this trend continues PNG will be a scary place.” Elections in Hela Province have failed.

By: Jason Phillip Police Commissioner David Manning bought a Mansion in the National Capital District worth over K6m purchased in 2020. Whilst average Policeman live in run-down houses and Police Barracks that are in dire need for maintenance, Commissioner Manning quietly bought this mansion from his lowly Public Servants salary. So it seems… PNG Political Limelight is doing an investigation into this deal as we believe the Public Servants and the hard-working policemen in Papua New Guinea are asking the same question. Where did David Manning get the K6 million from?  When Manning was unlawfully appointed as Police Commissioner in late December 2020, https://postcourier.com.pg/mannings-appointment-as.../... he was promised a lot of things if he follows instructions from Marape and Bryan Kramer without asking questions. In return, Manning will be protected and his unlawful appointment will be played out in court. Keep his rape charges under wrapped and even hide all the evidence. Mannin

by TAENG KA The is the tale of PNG’s two newest Knights, or Sir’s as the Brits would have you say. It makes for a frighteningly intriguing tale of two MPs that hail from the same Province, Enga. One is the current governor for Enga, Sir Peter Ipatas, and the other is the current MP for Kompiam Ambum, in Enga Province. Both are long serving Members of Parliament. Both were knighted, same time, in 2022. Fascinating! This is probably where their similarity ends. So how did both become Knights? One is a true son of Enga, widely recognised in the country as the best Governor the country has ever seen. A truly remarkable and visionary leader who had the foresight to develop Enga’s intellectual capacity. He figured education held the key to the success of its people. His ideas are now being copied by other provinces, albeit a little too late. This is truly a tale of two contrasting people; one a leader that arguable deserves the knighthood more than any other person in PNG’s history, if servi

  by A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IN TARI The issue on PM denying on the 1.5m kina is a lie. James Marape is the biggest conman and liar in Papua New Guinea, He or Pangu chartered a Fokker 100 flight and and airlifted supporters to Tari. The first was the incident where uniforms were found in procession of travelling passengers. It was in the news. The 1.5m kina incident is the second charter in which his son was on board the plane. He was caught inside the airport tarmac and not outside as he stated. He is lying through his teeth. The other issue is why did Exxon Mobil allowing this charters to land in Komo airport as it is a private airport. They only allow for emergency or the aircraft is providing some service orientated deliveries for national government or NGO. ExxonMobil is been biased to Pangu to form the government so they allowed their airport ferry Pangu supporters to Tari and vote for Marape.

by DAVID KAWAGE BITNO  Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) is the unified armed forces of PNG originating from the Australian army in 1973 before Independence and having its precursors in the Pacific Island Regiment. Today the PNGDF is a small force consisting of a Land Element, an Air Operations Element and a Maritime Operations Element. It is a joint force tasked with defending Papua New Guinea and its territories against external attack, as well as having secondary functions including national-building, internal security tasks, civil emergencies and humanitarian responses. The current manpower of more than 3,600 defence personnel compares to a ratio of 1: 188 soldier against our neighbour Indonesia with almost a million soldiers of 675, 500. There are times when the military of both countries faced-off with each other with conflict upsurge in the borders. The size of the PNGDF is to be increased under the Defence White Paper 2013 to 5,000 personnel by 2017 then to 10,000 by 2030

A week ago large quantity of military uniforms were confiscated at Komo Airport by security personals.  On Saturday a police officer and Marapes son flew in from POM and landed at Komo Airport again with K1.6million in cash with some Defence force uniform and drove up to Hela but were caught by security forces along their way to Tari. The Police officer was belted up by other security personals and he's fighting for his life in ICU at Tari Hospital! Marapes son was in the police cell for two days and was released yesterday night at around 10pm. Other candidates in Tari also recovered extra ballot paper's and burn them in front of the police station yesterday.  Provincial treasurer for Hela Province was appointed as a polling official  and also the education advisor being appointed polling official. Illegal meeting with all polling official from  Hela being conducted yesterday night at around 9pm in one of the guest house in Tari by Governor for Hela Philip Undialu and one of th