Power, position and pragmatism – the judiciary vs the executive in PNG

By PNG Echo Cast your minds back to 2011/2012 – a significant time in the annals of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) political history It was a time when a defiant executive government squared up to a rampant judiciary in a struggle for supremacy that, arguably, was ultimately won by the executive government (who retained power) However, during the struggle, the judiciary (embodied by the Chief Justice, Sir Salamo Injia) never retreated and many a lesson about the effective wielding of power was learnt by the government players, especially in that which concerns the power, actual and assumed, of the Chief Continue reading Power, position and pragmatism – the judiciary vs the executive in PNG

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Twivey’s referral to Law Society founded on a wrong premise.

By PNG Echo When Judge Kirriwom today referred lawyer Tiffany Twivey to the Law Society for perverting the course of justice he did so on the premise that she had “…signed consent judgment setting aside the warrant of the arrest of Dairi Vele without notifying Detective Chief Inspector Gitua…” (page 30 – Judgment SCM No 87 of 2014). This is not what she’d done. Ms Twivey, in fact, signed on 29 July, in the District Court, a consent order for an adjournment that had been requested by the Commissioner of Police (as the warrant was short served). At the same Continue reading Twivey’s referral to Law Society founded on a wrong premise.

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