Ombudsman’s Powers to be decided by Supreme Court.
By PNG Echo Plaintiffs, Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill and Acting Secretary of Treasury, Mr Dairi Vele had their application to the National Court upheld today at Waigani. The application was pertaining to a loan acquired by government to purchase Oilsearch shares – a situation that gave rise to certain directions by the defendants, the Ombudsman’s Commission (OC ) whose constitutionality remain in dispute. Earlier this year, proceedings were instigated for a judicial review of the Ombudsman Commission directions to stop payments on said loan The National Court, at that time, stayed the directions of the OC in order that repayments Continue reading Ombudsman’s Powers to be decided by Supreme Court.
