LEADERSHIP CODE -VS- CRIMINAL CODE (Papua New Guinea)

By Bryan KRAMER

Peoples Power Movement

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After reading the many comments in relation to our Members of Parliament being referred by Ombudsman Commission to Public Prosecutor on allegations of misconduct in office versus those being charged by Police for criminal offences it seems most are still confused about these two very distinct judicial processes. Therefore I thought it only proper to provide a brief insight to better 

clarify their distinctive differences.

Those who have been following my articles over the past year would already be familiar with the subject matter. However I understand social media in PNG in recent times has exploded with a direct readership of 200,000 and word of mouth reach exceeding 1 million. So it's appropriate to revisit some of the points already covered in the past.

What is the Leadership Code?

Leadership code are laws established by the Constitution (Division 2) governing ethics (moral values) and code of conduct of those who hold leadership positions in the public service or Government.

Kenyan Lawyer Sue Isreal For Killing Jesus

A Kenyan lawyer filed a petition with the International Court of Justice in The Hague, suggesting that the trial and crucifixion of 

Jesus Christ was unlawful, and the State of Israel among others should be held responsible, Kenyan news outlet the Nairobian reported some time ago.

 Dola Indidis, a lawyer and former spokesman of the Kenyan Judiciary is reportedly attempting to sue Tiberius (emperor of Rome, 42 BCE-37 CE), Pontius Pilate, a selection of Jewish elders, King Herod, the Republic of Italy and the State of Israel.

“Evidence today is on record in the Bible, and you cannot discredit the Bible,” Indidis told the Kenyan Citizen News.

Although those he suggests should have been convicted during the original trial have not been alive for more than 2,000 years, Indidis insists that the government for whom they acted can and should still be held responsible.

“I filed the case because it’s my duty to uphold the dignity of Jesus and I have gone to the ICJ to seek justice for the man from Nazareth,” Indidis told the Nairobian.

“His selective and malicious prosecution violated his human rights through judicial misconduct, abuse of office bias and prejudice.”

Indidis apparently named the states of Italy and Israel in the lawsuit because upon the attainment of independence, the two states incorporated the laws of the Roman Empire, those in force at the time of the crucifixion.

He is challenging the mode of questioning used during Jesus’s trial, prosecution, hearing and sentencing; the form of punishment meted out to him while undergoing judicial proceedings and the substance of the information used to convict him.

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Who is Peter Ipatas?

An in-depth analysis of the Ipatas-led government needs to be presented to the people of Enga and aspiring supporters throughout the country. Serious considerations have to be made on the characteristics of the Ipatas government for the last 17 years, his achievements and the future of Enga on the current sails.

As implicated in the PAC findings in 2004, it is sad to reflect that the founding fathers of our nation and those that followed immediately thereafter with the likes of Mr Peter Ipatas, began the journey to self-governance with the same corrupt and bribery attitude as is widespread today. People like Pais Wingti and Ipatas were the 'refiners' of the corrupt system. As for Wingti, he never got a chance to finish his university degree but became a politician while doing his 3 rd year at UPNG. Ipatas followed, due to unsatisfactory performance and disciplinary matters and went back to his home village in Irelya in Enga Province .

There, it is understood that he started a band of notorious highway cowboys who frequently held roadblocks on the Highlands Highway leading to Porgera. During his time, many felt victims of our now good governor. He used the proceeds of the thieving venture and invested them in a trade-store which is still in existence at Irelya today. People became frustrated by Mr Ipatas' continuous harassment of innocent travelling public that during one of the council elections, the Talyul tribe unanimously decided to appoint him as their councillor as a test to see if he could feel responsible and lead a normal life. And it work but with a different twist.

Infrastracture development in Tsak Valley, Wapenamanda District Enga Province

By Joe WASIA

The Tsak constituency in Wapenamanda district of Enga Province has been lacking many basic services for decades. The successive MPs have done tittle or nothing for this most populated part of the province. However, light has finally shown at the end of the tunnel.

Thanks Mr Mathew Taso, a leader and the founder of Warenge Komba Foundation Inc, a non government organisation for the initiative you take to obtain these funds to construct Tsak's Waikam bridge and Lower Lai's Timin Bridge... Its not always a MP to fund such impact projects but donors can also do.. Some elites open their eyes and see beyond horizons while most fight for the MPs seat throwing bullets here and there.. Salute you MT..

And we also thank the Hon MP and Minister for Foreign Affairs Rimbink Pato for having such a good relationship with the national government for the O'Niel-Deon Government to fund Mukurumanda-Tsak Road project. The project worth K26m as announced by Works Minister Fransis Awesa at Wapenamanda head quarters in 2013.

The road project is undertaken by Kay Star construction Company while the bridge projects are managed by Warenge Komba Foundation Inc.

Photo courtesy of Hoea Henry and Israiel Kuilenge on Facebook

Time to Review our Oil & Gas and MIning Act

By CHARLES KERUA
PNGBLOGS: Saturday, February 14, 2015

Background

I am prompted to write this after reading an article on the Australia’s Financial Review on a court battle between Oil Search Ltd & Inter Oil Ltd over the development rights (or pre-emptive rights) of the Elk-Antelope oil fields in the Gulf Province; a ruling which is expected to be handed down this March 2015 in London, UK. Many intelligent people will agree that our State & its people have “thrown away” so much of our natural resources so cheaply in the name of foreign investment and foreign capital injection. (Let us keep our discussion within the mineral & petroleum sector, and leave for a while other equally important sectors like forestry and fisheries). 

Proponents of foreign direct investments (FDIs) in our extractive industry have meticulously “seasoned” the spin offs, or so called “economic benefits”, of FDIs such as job creation, substantial foreign reserve base/cover, and tax revenue as a rosy cover to lure the State & its people into committing so much of our natural resources. However, looking at the other side of the coin, the picture is different. The State, on behalf of the people of PNG, may have unwittingly given up so much in exchange for an exceedingly lesser returns on our natural resources. We have become losers in most of these resource development deals since the 1980s
beginning with the Bougainville Copper mine (BCM). Have we been exploited by foreign investors? We wonder. And the answer is “Yes” - we have been exploited to the core and our natural resources been “raped” with much consequences to our society and the environment. (As it is not the focus of

PNG's government adamant on Death Penalty implementation

Source: Radio NZ, 6th Feb 2015

The secretary of Papua New Guinea's justice department says the 13 people on death row in the country will be executed this year.

The execution facilities will be built at Bomana prison.

This comes after cabinet endorsed guidelines for the implementation of the death penalty.

Lawrence Kalinoe says the government is adamant on starting executions this year, and the 13 people had exhausted all their appeal and constitutional review processes.

The newspaper, The National, says cabinet has approved guidelines for three modes of execution - hanging, lethal injection and firing squad - which will carried out at a facility to be built at Port Moresby's Bomana Prison.

PNG's government reactivated the death penalty in 2013 in reaction to a spate of violent crimes, drawing the ire of international human rights groups.

But Mr Kalinoe says critics are hiding behind human rights to criticise the government, and says the death penalty is implemented in sophisticated countries, such as the the United States.\

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A call on the O’Neil-Deon government to reopen abattoir at 12 Mile

By Johnson T. WETEPIA
Sales & Marketing Manager, Radho Piggery 

Its five weeks now after only state-owned abattoir in the Southern region was closed down due to financial constrains. This has severely affected the only three cattle and piggery farmers in the region that use the abattoir. 

 The 3 affected livestock companies are the only companies in the Southern Region that supply fresh meat to the shop outlets in the National Capital District and Central Provinces.

Radho Piggery Managing Director, Robert Rasaka said his company sells about 100 to 200 pigs in a week to different supermarkets in the city and Central Province alone. He said, however, the closure of the abattoir has resulted in the loss of business as hundreds of thousands of kina are spent on feeds, labor, electricity, and other running costs of the business.

Similar sentiments were made by Koitaki Limited, a company specializes in cattle farming and Boroma Piggery Limited located along Sogeri Road, Central Province.

They collectively call on the national government under responsible authorities to reopen the abattoir so they could not have further damages to their businesses. 

They also called on the government for a public private partnership deal over the state-owned abattoir located at 12 Mile, Sogeri Road, to avoid similar funding issues/constrains in the near future. They said if the government is critical about promoting Small to Medium Enterprises in the country, then such issues should not be overlooked as it severely affects the local businesses.

Negligence and failure to act promptly by the responsible government authorities may result in the loss of business in these SMEs.

If PNG has to move forward reducing high unemployment and poverty rates, funding and supporting SMEs by the national government is the paramount importance. This will in turn help improve the economy of the country in many years to come.

Schram was the man we all fought for but do we have any other ways of accepting the good VC into PNG Unitech?

By Joe WASIA

Just by looking at the photos posted on the internet sites including the social media, it was so annoying the way the good CV Dr Albert Schram was accepted into the university campus. 

Dr. Schram, 50, from the Netherlands took office as the new Vice Chancellor of the Papua New Guinea University of Technology on the 7th February 2012 from Misty Baloloi who was a VC for 17 consecutive years. 

On the 8th February 2013, Dr Schram was deported from the country on allegations that he has no proper academic qualifications to take the university's top post.

 As reported on PNG Attitude blog last year (2013), Dr Schram was in Singapore for a brief medical visit and, upon returning in Port Moresby, he was refused to enter the country and put on a plane to Brisbane.

The academia was restricted to enter the country on allegations that he has no proper qualifications to take the University's top post. However, Investigation into the saga led by retired judge Justice Mark Sevua found that there was no questions about the qualification as he holds PhD and several masters, as reported on PNG Blogs.

Dr Albert Schram is back as the Vice Chancellor of the Papua New Guinea University of technology

Papua New Guinea must own resources, says Prime Minister Hon. Peter O’Neil

PNC People's National Congress
Facebook/Monday 01, April, 2014 8:56am

Prime Minister Peter O'Neil

Prime Minister Hon. Peter O’Neill said Papua New Guineans must not only be spectators and tax collectors but resource owners to reap maximum benefits from their non renewable resources. Prime Minister Hon. 

Peter O’Neill said this last Friday on FM 100 talkback show hosted by Roger Hau’ofa, which was also attended by Public Enterprise Minister Ben Micah and NCD Governor Powes Parkop. 

The Prime Minister, who went on air to explain the K3 billion UBS loan, said there has been a lot of misinformation that was going around on the loan arrangements.

He said the UBS loan is not a new loan but the one that replaces the IPIC loan from the Arabs who have since refused to sell back the Oil Search shares mortgage for Papua New Guinea’s 19.4 percent equity participation in the LNG project. Prime Minister Hon. Peter O’Neill said Papua New Guineans have not held any interest in major resource projects such as Lihir, Misima and Porgera mines but have been mere tax and royalty collectors for the last 40 years.

“Papua New Guineans all throughout the country are crying for ownership of their own resources and rightfully so because we have had the experience over the past forty years about resource development in the country. “Many of our citizens feel that we have been deprived of the benefits from these resources that should truly be given back to Papua New Guineans.” Prime Minister Hon. Peter O’Neill said since this government took office, it heard that cry for resource ownership and was trying its best to find a way to increase the benefits that are going to come to Papua New Guinea.