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By David Lepi Weaponising state institutions to use against political opponents is a new trend Prime Minister James Marape is setting. Allow me to qualify this.. Last Thursday 08th June 2023, the high court notified former Prime Minister Peter O’Neill his Supreme Court Reference on the legality of the government formation last year will be heard by a full Supreme Court bench on 30th August 2023. The same news also reached the government and that set into motion interesting events. Immediately the next day, Friday 9th June 2023, Marape and team quickly retreated to Loloata Island and convened a 'war' council. The best part is on Saturday 10th June 2023 in the middle of the night when all public service comes to rest Police Commissioner David Manning worked overtime summoned Peter O'Neill by way of media statement to report to Police Headquarters, Konedobu, for questioning on perjury relating to the Commission of Inquiry report on UBS Loan. Never in the UBS CoI recommendation which is now available for the public, not even a single line, stated perjury, or O'Neill giving false statement to the CoI and needed to be further investigated. Perjury was cooked up in Loloata and served in Konedobu, Police HQ.
Wholeheartedly that demonstrates the unholy marriage and the marriage of political convinience that has compromised the independence and integrity of the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary. O'Neill promptly arrived at 10am Monday 12th June 2023 at Police HQ and was charged on 3 counts of giving false statements. In the four years after Manning flew to the top of the Police Command he persecuted and arrested O'Neill numerous times and laid some of the ludicrous charges which none ever survived in court. Just as when the rumours of 40 government MPs accompanied O'Neill to watch the 1st State of Origin in Adelaide Australia surfaced and 20 MPs storming out of parliament demonstrating no confidence in Marape allowing the racist Justin Tkachenko to continue enjoy parliamentary privileges the government is panicking. All hell will break loose when O'Neill wins the SC Reference. To Marape, O'Neill is the baba yaga, the bogeyman. So long as O'Neill is out there Marape will never have a peaceful sleep. If it is the government's attempt to dislodged O'Neill from the SC Ref proceedings as a state prisoner - 14 years with hard labour for perjury as Manning is flaunting - and have no case then they've got to work hard and fast to get him convicted first before 30th August 2023. And let me assure you that your Manning could be most highly intelligent man on the planet but he is not the Supreme Court. Meanwhile O'Neill's lawyers say the perjury case is a straight forward slam dunk. An insult to intelligence! Papua New Guinea's judiciary enjoys its autonomy and independence from political inference. And so far the courts have been turning tables against Marape starting with the Justin Parker Vs The State on making public the gold refinery agreement and soon to follow are the election petitions falling like dominoes in a perfect row. Next : The International Order Is Biased Note: Let Your Views be heard : Send all your Political Commentaries to us through our email : pngfacts@gmail.com Share this
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