PNGBlogs Exclusive "THE SEVUA REPORT" - Dr Albert Schram’s Innocence Is Confirmed
By NATIONAL WHISTLE-BLOWER
“We therefore find that in all circumstances Dr Schram was wrongfully terminated from employment as Vice Chancellor of the University of Technology”. The statement above represents the final conclusion of the Sevua report’s investigation of the former Unitech Council’s allegations against Dr Albert Schram.
The 2012-2013 campaign against Dr Schram is repulsive to any academic community and would not be tolerated in any civil society. The government’s tendency to fabricate charges to deport unwanted non-citizens extends well beyond Dr Schram (also used with SDP media writer Mark Davies, the story reported earlier in PNGBlogs.com).
By NATIONAL WHISTLE-BLOWER
“We therefore find that in all circumstances Dr Schram was wrongfully terminated from employment as Vice Chancellor of the University of Technology”. The statement above represents the final conclusion of the Sevua report’s investigation of the former Unitech Council’s allegations against Dr Albert Schram.
The 2012-2013 campaign against Dr Schram is repulsive to any academic community and would not be tolerated in any civil society. The government’s tendency to fabricate charges to deport unwanted non-citizens extends well beyond Dr Schram (also used with SDP media writer Mark Davies, the story reported earlier in PNGBlogs.com).
The PNG government’s current expulsion without a convincing reason of non-citizens who it views as being a threat violates the basic human rights guaranteed in the PNG constitution (which extends to non-citizens as well as citizens), is unbecoming of any nation that claims to be civilised, and casts a shadow of shame upon the country.
The Sevua investigation Terms of Reference were originally constructed with the input of former Uni-tech Pro Chancellor Ralph Saulep (principal foe of Dr Schram and implicated in the attempt to terminate him without cause). Five of the 6 TORs focus only on Dr Schram. This was a purposeful attempt by Ralph Saulep, approved by Peter O’Neill and then-HERST Minister David Arore, to create a one-sided investigation that would destroy the Vice Chancellor. Only through Saulep’s sloppy wording of TOR item #6 did retired Judge Mark Sevua find the open door to examine all sides of the issue, allowing him to produce a remarkably objective report.