Who is really defeating the course of justice?

By PNG Echo Attorney General, Ano Pala, has today had the warrant of arrest, extant since July 2014, quashed by a unanimous three-man bench of the Supreme Court – consisting of Justices Higgins, Sawong and Batari. The warrant had been sworn out by Magistrate Cosmas Bidar at the behest of Police Officer, Matthew Damaru. The charge leveled was ‘defeating the course of justice’ in conspiracy with others including the Prime Minister, Finance Minister, Geoffrey Vaki and their respective counsels notwithstanding that most of these people were not a party to the proceedings at the time. The quashing of the arrest Continue reading Who is really defeating the course of justice?

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A matter of innocence

By PNG Echo. For the tragic death of student Graham Romanong and the subsequent ransacking and burning of property, blame is being apportioned to almost anyone and everyone. The opposition are blaming the government, the government are blaming the opposition while some are blaming non -student opportunists. They all seem to agree, however, that the students themselves, and especially the dead student, are all’ “innocent.”  They’re not! How do you plead…? To suggest that the country’s recognised young intellectuals, who were politically agitating for a legally and democratically elected Prime Minister’s downfall, are sweetly “innocent,” is drawing a very long Continue reading A matter of innocence

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