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PNG’s copy-paste constitution adopted from the British and Australians is still in its colonial form, wielding more powers to the rulers. Whatsoever the incumbent individuals prefer becomes the final solution. The PM’s post is typically occupied by a leading party in parliament, while the Ministry cabinets are shared among its affiliated party leaders under a common-understanding. So when the PM wants to ensure its demands are met, a direct call is made to the respective ministries to eventuate its missions. The PM remains the chairman to NEC and so calls the shots in every circumstance despite hindrances. The PM, through procedural-protocols, reserves the right to hire and fire whoever that is beneath the atmosphere of the government. This system has proceeded and facilitates the PM to be a systematic dictator. By Petrus GAND
Democracy was described by Socrates as a system of governance where business classes overrule. Aristotle also reaffirmed that it was the worst system that could lead to tyranny. With both of the greatest thinkers’ assurance, Plato had already prophesied that in this system the judiciary mechanism will always compromise with the executive and legislative arm, creating more rooms for corruption. The finest contributions to mankind endured with its laden-lesions where humanity stood its feet on, although tremendous critics flooded in from various scholars. A democratic political system should only have two political parties according to the theorists but PNG had overstepped the theoretical principles by having many parties. Perhaps, PNG had lived up to its typical ways by improvising, rather adaptably invented the many party system. By Anton Polaiap The buck stops with our leaders for not doing enough. For saying something in public and doing the complete opposite in private. A father at home is a leader. He sets the pace for the future. The children see at a tender age and follow throughout their adult life. The same father is a community leader. He quadruples the stain on the moral fabrics of society. Society is misled. Society is taken for granted and abused. But the father says it’s ok. He doesn’t take correction very easily to maintain his ‘big man’ stature. He gets violent and contaminates the minds of men, women and children, thereby ultimately giving life to corruption. How then can we fight ourself? Nogat nau. Painim ol arapela lain lo sutim tok. Em asua blo yupla ol pipol. Yupla ino save harim tok. If there is any disobedience, fathers are the worst incomprehensible guilty lot. This very same father runs for office and gets elected. Now you know where our problems take root. Corruption is a byproduct of the compromise fathers make on a daily basis. The provincial administrator for East New Britain, Wilson Matava, has been arrested and charged with misappropriation of more than K500,000 intended for the Kokopo Tourism Hub project. His alleged co-accused is lawyer Tony Waisi, principal of Tony Waisi Lawyers, whose Trust Account was used as what police fraud officers described as a ‘conduit’ for money laundering. Fraud officers from the National Anti-corruption and Fraud Directorate picked up Matava yesterday morning and took him in for interview and was later arrested and charged accordingly. Mr Waisi is expected to be interviewed in the coming week. According to the major incident report prepared by fraud officers, Matava, 51, of Tavui No1, Balanataman LLG, Rabaul in East New Britain Province, is alleged to have dishonestly applied to his own use the sum of K510,770.40. It is alleged that Matava, while assuming the role as acting Provincial Administrator of East New Britain in 2014, had a legal battle with the former long serving administrator Aquila Tubal over the position. Hard work by Law Enforcement Officers uncovers Chinese Syndicate colluding with PNG Custom Officers14/11/2021
By Samuel Imbal Aipe 13 November 2021 Ladies and gentlemen, friends and families far and near, let me pronounce this mega successful news for the benefits of silent majority and for those concern citizens of this beautiful nation. The conviction of x- PNG Customs Senior Inspection Officer as published by our daily post courier and National News Paper page 4 and page 6 on the 7th and 8th of November 2021 respectively is a mega news of justice delivery after lengthy three (3) years Criminal Court battle. Convicted Custom Officer deliberately and intentionally involved to import the contraband cigarettes (double happiness cigarettes) at the domestic commercial value of K4.18 million. That is K2.847 679 million in custom tariff/state GST . The news of her being criminal convicted by Waigani National Court by Criminal National presiding Judge Tresa Berrigan is part of a successful story to end such illegal and gang practice by syndicate members to defraud and robbed custom Tariffs / state GST to suffered National Government revenue. PNG Think Tank leader Samson Komati's coffee haus of a handful of post graduates meeting Prime Minister Marape By David Lepi You know how the word 'Kon Man' or more proper 'con man' came into be? It's base word is confidence man. A confidence man is a man who persuades people to give him their money or property by lying to them. Some call them con artists because it is an art and is used by a person (s) with a certain skill set. Well Papua New Guinean is not new to 'konman' for we have been swindled a million times. And the reason why we fall prey so easily is because we are a gullible stock of people. Anything seemingly glittering somehow draws our attention. Just as many Papua New Guineans are starting to realize they have been tricked by professional con artists in some get rich quick scams such as pyramid schemes - U Vistract, Money Rain, Papalain etc - a dubious project is now peddled through in what they call crowdfunding. Crowdfunding is a way to raise money from a large number of people. Large groups of people pool together small individual investments to provide the capital needed to get a company or project off the ground. By David Lepi
PM James Marape and Treasurer Ian Ling Stuckey continue their borrowing spree and keep blaming the O'Neill administration for their own misfortunes–in not managing well the country and its economy –is an easy way to outsource responsibility. The government banks on its blame game to sway public opinion yet it cannot see a better way to the rescinding economy and Covid-19 pandemic onslaught. This week Stuckey flies to the United Sates to borrow K1.2 billion to fund next year's budget. Likely to further increase the country's debt levels. Retrospectively Papua New Guinea's debt acquired since independence up to 2019 - 43 years - stood at K27 billion. In just 3 years of the Marape reign debt jumped to K47 billion and will continue as per the Treasurer's own Mid-Year Fiscal Economic Outlook report. By Bryan Folock Some members in the current government like Bryan Kramer "accused" Peter O'Neil for taking loans. James Marabe, whilst renegading from PNC Party said, "he was leaving PNC Party in protest against the massive loans taken". Kerenga Kua literally cried begging please do not take no more loans. But Peter O'Neil took less than K27 billion in loans in 8 years and better still, he changed the colonial face of Papua New Guinea. All our road networks had dilapidated under weather pressure and continuous ignorance by successive governments. Some needy roads that we never thought would be built, O'Neil built them with the loans he took. LEGAL assistant officer Tabitha Malken employed by Young and Williams law firm is alleged to be involved in the misuse of K268 million from Western people’s dividend trust account and is scheduled to make her first appearance before the Waigani Committal Court tomorrow.
Police arrested and charged Malken, 40, from Wosera-Gawi, East Sepik, with 17 counts of misappropriation, 16 counts of false pretence, two counts of conspiracy and 18 counts of money laundering. She was later released on police bail of K2,000. The case was listed yesterday, however, it had to be deferred to allow Malken’s lawyer to have access to the police file before she could be formerly arraigned. FORMER East Sepik administrator Otto Ganai and his former deputy for corporate services Richard Komboi were jailed four years each by the National Court in Wewak for misappropriating K1.1 million belonging to Wewak General Hospital.
Justice Sinclair Gora found them guilty of corruptly misappropriating the monies needed to rehabilitate the hospital’s maternity ward. The money, in the hospital’s trust account, was misappropriated between Nov 27, 2014, and Jan 30, 2015. Both Ganai and Komboi were committed to stand trial on March 16, 2016 before the National Court after the Wewak District Court found sufficient evidence from police investigations to commit them. |
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