On the run once more

Poem

By FIDELIS SUKINA

On the run once more,

a family of four.

On the run from

debts and loans.

No turning back,

no wave goodbye,

just a look over the shoulder

every time you sense the collector.

Liars and thieves they become,

from friends and family they have borrowed,

from nowhere can they repay,

from friends to foes,

from the highest to the lows.

On the run once more from foes,

who were once family and friends.

I found Peace

Poem

By FIDELIS SUKINA

Take a turn a roundabout,

In circles into a void,

An endless chase of cat and mouse

Chasing dreams and ending in misfortune

A melee of disgust.

I was never this way,

I was told,

Never a lazy person,

Lazing and gazed at by society

As a limitless allure of failed hopes and dreams

But I tried yes I tried cried and died mentally

Challenged to a breaking point.

Like ice I melted into my corner,

To evaporate into hopelessness,

But by the grace of God I found peace and humanity

The relished savvy of a special being,

To find the inner most darkness swept out

By family and friendship.

Forgiven

Poem

By FIDELIS SUKINA

Rage a blaze,

lit by hate.

Destruction and turmoil

lay in wake.

A trail blaze of destruction.

Destructive and abrupt to

defend, Your sins and horrors.

Like pins and needles,

sewed into mindset,

you bask in the ambiance of my misery.

In lakes of fire your,

greed and deception lap

around in its evil waves of heat.

Tell me now not what I wish to hear

but to see.

A changed man in shackles of hate

ravaged in stature,

seeking the youth of kindness.

like the devils horns you seem a goat

trying to eat your way out of heavens banquet

step in the holiness and grovel at thy savior’s feet.

I was told to forgive and now I ask for mercy

spare my evil mind like Paul the Saul in me must go.

Life of uncertainty

Poem

By FIDELIS SUKINA

Take my plea my uncertainty,

Take my hands and warm them.

I’m but cold and anxious,

Wayward and crooked.

Life is but a dream,

But reality is a back lash,

My utter disgrace is my poverty.

My long lost sovereignty,

I lay in asylum for you aid.

Take me and rescue me,

A life of endless misery.

I was told by pastors and priests,

The poor can go to heaven.

But I didn’t sell my riches to be poor,

A statistic of injustice,

An aimless ingrate.

Only death will bring the peace.

Mightier than the storm

Poem

By FIDELIS SUKINA

Nature calls,

in the eye of the storm,

I stand and wait.

In excitement and hate,

I quake in my boots,

winds at high speed,

heart at high beat,

a lone ranger,

In the eye of the storm.

Nothing much a machete

my boots, a bonds shirt and a cut jean,

I yell at the top of my voice,

take me I have had it,

a chance to suicide,

a chance to be in Valhalla,

But worth it or not

I must concur.

My fields to be in ruins

my livelihood to be shattered

as I wait my faith in the eye of the storm.

Good Will

Poem

By FIDELIS SUKINA

Eyes all red in rage

I was told to calm down,

to sit to cool down,

meditate and breathe

I was told.

A rage of anger

reduced to calm,

watered down by good

words of an open heart.

Like splendor unseen,

a covenant renewed

between man and goodwill.

 A rain of hate on grounds of faith,

I realize my faith being shaken,

but by the grace of God,

and intercession of man,

I am delivered.

Pastors and priests,

speak of goodwill

in their words I stand.

A typhoon of jealousy blows by

but by will of God and man

I stride by the eye of the storm.

Strong I am

I am what I am

as strong a man

with the will of mankind.

Papua New Guinea celebrate the Mission Work of the MSP

Fr Eladio B. Oliver MSP Meeting with my family during the celebrations

By FIDELIS SUKINA

Sunday 18^th of October 2015 was a day of celebration for the parishioners of Mary Queen of the Pacific; the celebration was to mark the 50^th Anniversary of the Mission Society of the Philippines 

(MSP).

I  was baptized in this church and grew up as part of the church for the past 20 years as a parishioner and an Altar Boy to the MSP priests.  

Members of the Pilipino community in Port Moresby and members of the church had mass together and later on had food and entertainment.

The  celebrations  of the golden jubilee 50th  foundation anniversary of the MSP was held back in  April through to May in the Philippines, but for Papua New Guinea  it was on the 18th of  October on Mission Sunday on the catholic calendar.

The society itself was founded by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines in 1965 which saw the need to expand its mission work overseas and to neighboring countries.

The Mary Queen of the Pacific Parish located in North Waigani in Port Moresby is one of the parishes in Papua New Guinea that has been part of the MSP mission, and since the arrival of the MSP in 1981 they were spread across, Kerema, Daru, Kiunga, Vanimo, NCD and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, some of the parishes in these provinces no longer have the MSP and are with local priests.

The main celebrant was Fr Eladio B. Oliver MSP who was a priest in the parish from the years 1999 to 2001 and since then he has become the Father Moderator/Superior General of the MSP. 

Fr Eladio B. Oliver MSP during  his Homily 

He was in Papua New Guinea for 7 years before his departure to American Samoa where he started the mission work for the MSP.

“I was here in 1994 to 1999 at the Utai Catholic Mission in Vanimo and from 1999 to 2001 I was here at Mary Queen of the Pacific, after that I left to establish the church in American Samoa which I was there in 2002 to 2004, since than I held the title of Superior General for 10 years and Father Moderator for the second year now”.Fr Oliver said

“Mi no ting mi nap lo kambek but bikpela e givim me displa bikpla wok na me gat sans lo bungim yu ken”

“I thought I would not come back but God has given me this huge task and now I have the chance to meet you again”. Fr Oliver said during his homily on Sunday

His homily was about mission work and challenged the parishioners to carry on the mission of the church.

“Jesus is asking all of us his disciples, his counting on us to make us aware of the great responsibility we have as Christians that’s what mission Sunday is all about, that we should share the gift of faith to others”.

“Mission is obligatory not optional for the church that’s why in 1965 in the Philippines the Catholic Bishops conference of the Philippines decided that we  had grown in faith and it’s now time to share the gift of faith to others”.

The AD Sisters the Hand Maids  of the Lord
singing their tribute song to the MSP Missionaries

Fr Oliver said the MSP were here temporarily and challenged the parishioners to pray for more vocation (Gods call to do his work).

“Missioners will not stay forever in one place you should be praying that one day a local priest should be here in this church and dream more, to be sending local priests abroad doing mission that should be your dream, because it is our dream, because we are only here for a temporary period to support you grow in faith”.

“To do that you should pray to God, pray for more vocation, do not pray for the children of other people only but pray for your sons and daughters as well to become priests or sisters”.

He said it would be nice to see the mission work of Papua New Guinea grow and expand to other nations, and as well encouraged the congregation that it is the role of a baptized Christian to do mission work and not only a priest.

“It is my dream and the dream of others maybe someday we will see the  Mission Society of Papua  New Guinea it would be nice, mission is not only for the church but mine as well as a baptized Christian not  just as a priest”.

He also added that for most of the priests that came to Papua New Guinea they saw it as another seminary and for himself were his golden years of a missionary work.

Youths from the Police Chaplaincy performing their item

“It’s not easy to leave your family and be with others it is also my job to share to you that most of the priests who were assigned here to PNG see PNG as another seminary, I have to tell you that I will be 25 years as a priest next year and the years I have spent in PNG were the golden years of my missionary life”.

“On behalf of the MSP I would like to express my gratitude to all of you here gathered for all of you who have been partners in the mission by helping the parish priest supporting them you are doing mission this our celebration the celebration we should rejoice and give thanks to the lord”.  Fr Oliver said

The celebrations were marked by entertainment items presented by the eight Basic Christian Communities BCCs of the Mary Queen of the Pacific around North Waigani and the AD sister, the Hand Maids of the Lord, choirs and traditional contemporary dancers entertained the congregation and the MSP priests till the afternoon.

A delighted and cheerful Fr Oliver sat through all the items and gave the final blessings before going around and meeting the congregations sated around their tents.

Two weeks before compulsory registration of users and simcards for Papua New Guinea

Chief Executive Officer of National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA) Charles Punaha

By FIDELIS SUKINA

Compulsory simcard registration will now be in place shortly to help in the efforts to counter cybercrime in Papua New Guinea.

Speaking at the launch of PNG’s cybercrime policy on Thursday Chief Executive Officer of National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA) Charles Punaha said compulsory simcard registration would come into effect   in the next two weeks.

“Since we introduced open competition in the Market in 2007 we have seen a big increase in subscribers in mobile services, we did not put in place the mechanisms to record the names and particulars of people or companies issued sim cards as a result”.

“Today as I speak we do not have any idea of who has been issued with a simcard and their telephone numbers”.

He said a new system will be in place   that will register subscribers face finger prints and particulars at every store where simcards will be sold.

“To address this issue we have decided that every subscriber that has been allocated a sim and a number must have a biometric, meaning they must have a face registered and finger prints must be registered with full particulars of which you are where you reside and your occupation”.

“Our enforcement officers will be also making sure that points of sales of simcards must have the necessary equipment’s to facilitate the compulsory registration”. 

He said cabinet had approved the regulation for compulsory simcard registration and was certified on Wednesday.

“At the purpose of this occasion let me tell you the regulation was certified on Wednesday and was approved by the cabinet on the 15th of July 2015”.

“Now that it has been certified we will be drafting the necessary instruments for the Governor General to sign and will be effective in 2 weeks’ time”.

“All new subscribers will have to start registering and for those who have simcards will have to be registered by the service providers”. Charles Punaha said

He said the process would take 18 months for existing subscribers while new subscribers will start registering in two weeks’ time, service provders Digicel, Bmobile and Telikom PNG will have to work within that time frame and will have to justify if they want a further extension.

“The process will take 18 months for existing subscribers and within 18months every individual must go back to the service provider and have themselves registered we have given enough notice to the providers to prepare themselves. So if you want the 18months to be extended you have to come back to NICTA and justify because we have given you enough notice in the absence of the CEO and the board of NICTA and to go through the process I think enough time has been given”. Charles Punaha said

“Enough notice has been given it is now time for implementation after  it has been signed by the head of state and gazetted hopefully in 2 weeks, time”.  Charles Punaha said

10 Million mobile phone subscribers and simcards unregistered in Papua New Guinea

Some Students in PNG using the mobile phone services Picture courtesy of .news.pngfacts.com

By FIDELIS SUKINA

10 million users are not accounted for this was revealed on Thursday by Chief Executive Officer of National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA) Charles Punaha.

Papua New Guinea has a population of 7 million plus but the mobile phone industry has more than 10 million users which are not registered.

Punaha took the opportunity during the launch of the new cybercrime policy to inform the public as well as mobile phone service providers on the need to register simcards and mobile phone subscribers..

“Just for your information NICTA also manages and administers the allocation of numbers that are used by the industry and also fixed service and mobile service”.

“So far 10 million numbers have been issued to the mobile service providers 6million to Digicel 2 million to Telikom PNG and 2 million to Bmobile and I will tell you none of these operators know who this particular numbers have been issued to and that is the very big problem when it comes to us in addressing some of the problems we are now experiencing, in terms of misuse of mobile devices for purposes of committing a crime and purposes of spreading  unsubstantive, unbounded messages in the network”. Punaha said

He added that Papua New Guinea was one of the countries in the world that you can buy simcards on the street and that was not acceptable.

He got on the service providers for ignoring the fact that such a policy to register simcards would come into effect but were lagging behind to put in measures.

“Unfortunately today you can by Simcards at the Kai Bars and the street and that should never be happening you (service providers) knew this policy was coming in you should have put in place processes and mechanisms to make sure you have some form of registration in place for customers”.

“The issue of registering simcards has been in the public domain for the last 24 months I am very sorry to say that the operators have done no effort to put in place processes and procedures to register their customers”.Punaha said

New Cybercrime Policy for Papua New Guinea

Jezzeebel Silikoa Grade 11 from Port Moresby Gramah School handing the policy document to Minister for Communication and Information Technology Jimmy Miringtoro while Kimberly Kenatsi Grade 11 from Marienville Secondary looks on

By FIDELIS SUKINA

The PNG cybercrime policy which will tackle the use of internet technology and mobile related crime was launched on Thursday in Port Moresby,

Minister for Communication and Information Technology Jimmy Miringtoro was present to cut the ribbons and launch the policy.

He said Cybercrime had seen a steady but significant growth and cases were reported over the past few years.

“Cybercrime is a borderless phenomenon and a global issue; therefore it is incumbent upon every Government to take necessary steps in working together with all sectors of soc

iety to safe guard and protect its citizens”. Miringtoro said

From left Secretary for Department of Communication and Information 

Technology Paulias Korni holding on to the policy document, while

 Minister for Communication and Information Technology Jimmy 

Miringtoro cuts the ribbon on the policy document held by Chief 

Executive Officer of (NICTA) Charles Punaha

He said that the government had a mandate for its people to protect them from offenders of cybercrime.

“The Government is obliged to ensure a safe and secure ICT environment for its people, business communities and government systems to operate”. Miringtoro said

The policy looks at cybercrime in four different concepts, the offences against the confidentiality, integrity and availability of electronic data, which is illegally using other people’s network

Content-related offences- this includes child phonography, SPAM and harassment using means of electronic communication

Copyright- related offences and other offences including computer-related fraud or forgery and misuse of devices

Chief Executive Officer of National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA) Charles Punaha said that in regards to Social media provisions are already in place through the NICTA Act and defamatory incidences can be persecuted by the courts using the Act.

“ In mainstream  media  any slanderous or defamatory accusations without substance can be prosecuted, but social media is being abused and misused by people with different names other than themselves making allegations against other people, Government and leaders and their  comments are slanderous defamatory without substance and  as stated in the advertisement in the papers we already have provision in the existing legislation Section 266 of the NICTA Act and people can be prosecuted either K20, 000 fine or 3 months in prison”. Punaha said

Front left: Secretary for the Department of Communication and Information

 Technology Paulias Korni Minister for Communication and Information

 Technology Jimmy Miringtoro and Chief Executive Officer

 of (NICTA) Charles Punaha, Surrounded

 by schhool students from Papua New Guinea during the policy launch.

He clarified that NICTA was not the one to prosecute the offenders but they can put in complaints and go to court where the courts can use the Act to determine the penalties.

“ I want  to clarify that it is not NICTA’s role to prosecute offenders, who ever feels a person or an individual is agreed when this has happened to them they can proceed with court proceedings, it is not NICTA’s function to prosecute the courts can use the provisions in the act to determine the penalties”. Punaha said

Be bald and colorful for cancer for PNG

Some of the participants that will shave and dye their hair for cancer some familiar faces like Radio personality Kasty (Front Left) and next to him Twin Tribe and other celebrities from the PNG Pukpuks and Lorraine Genia of EMTV.

By FIDELIS SUKINA

The famous shave and dye your hair for cancer campaign is here in Papua New Guinea to help raise money for cancer patients at the Port Moresby General Hospital and the nation as a whole.

In a press conference on Tuesday the Hospital Poroman Foundation a nonprofit association which helps raise money for hospitals support throughout the nation announced the idea and some of the celebrities who will be involved in the Shave, Trim or Dye your hair for Cancer campaign.

Radio Personality Kasty who was one of the first to jump on board
with the Idea

Founder and Deputy Chair Janet Sios said it was a family event which involves everyone and will see it start as an annual event each year

“Very exciting because it involves the whole community you can get a mother a father and children to come along, often we use only people in top places but this is about the community”. Sios said

She added that the main aim would be to help the children at the cancer ward in Port Moresby General Hospital.

“We will be hoping to get around about K30, 000 it’s a grass root initiative and people will be donating a small amount, we already have a list for the children, they requested a TV and a play area as some of their priorities they have only three meals a day we hope the money can also have them get additional meals and fruits in the fridge, these children are born happy but to live with cancer and to see them there was something of remorse for us.” Sios said

Lorraine Genia she came up with the idea, and her
brother Australian Wallabies Scrum half Will Genia is also
part of the charity Hospital Poroman Foundation

Celebrities like Lorraine Genia from EMTV Kasty from Yumi FM, members of the Twin Tribe music group and PNG pukpuks rugby union will be there on December 12 to shave and dye their hair at Lamana

To be a participant you can email: hpfforcancer@gmail.com or visit the Hospital Poroman Foundation Shave, Trim or Dye your hair for Cancer campaign page On Facebook for further information

The Foundation had raised K43, 000 last year during a music concert last year for the Popondetta Hospital and this year they are fundraising as well for the Kimbe Hospital

Papua New Guinea's Opposition Not Happy With The Government Spending

Opposition Leader Don Polye not happy  with how
PNG  government prioritizing spending

By FIDELIS SUKINA

Opposition Leader Don Polye has come down hard on the Government for their spending as Papua New Guinea faces pressure to priorities on priority areas of spending.

An unhappy Polye called a press conference on Thursday at Parliament House to give his opinion on the recent report put out by the Central Bank of Papua New Guinea which urged the government to spend only in priority areas of the country.

“The Central Bank Governors report has fallen on deaf ears, the research by very prudent researches the National Research Institute has fallen on deaf ears, even advice given by the World Bank and IMF including other state institutions like the treasury department reports has fallen on deaf ears.”

He added that the debt to GDP ratio in PNG was in a state where we cannot incur any more debt as a country

“There has been so much spending by this Government there has been no prioritizing spending by the O’Neill regime. The debt to GDP ratio in PNG in the Mid-Year Physical Economic outlook report was over the allowable debt and it has come to deaf ears.”

He said using excuses like the Pacific Games and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)  2018 meeting in Papua New Guinea  was not good  to slash funding from other  sectors of government

"Some of the Pacific Games venues are still not completed and recently the Governor of the National Capital District Powes Parkop has announced K400 million funding for roads using the APEC as a reason".

“Everywhere the advices have been coming from competent and specialized people but incompetent politicians have chosen not to listen to them.”  Polye said

He added that the opposition was aware of this and has been talking about it, and now the Central bank is repeating it again

“The economy is declining we know about that, the opposition has been saying that long time since the very beginning we know about this. We did tell the Government we told the nation now the Bank of Papua New Guinea is reiterating this point that the economy is declining spend on priority areas.”

He said the Prime Minister does not know economic management only creative accounting he is a smart innovative accountant and he does that very well.

“But when you come to economic management very poor I cannot give him one mark I give him zero out of 100 but 100 out of 100 in creative accounting.”

“People are asking we are sinking so how will it grow; we have so much debt the government is slashing funds. We have churches asking the Government recently to give their promised funds for church run health centers; even the public service machinery funds are being cut.”  Polye said

He added that the slashing of funds from priority areas of the medium term development goals and the Vision 2050 shows ad hock spending causing two different forces of economy

“There are two models of economy in PNG two concepts; one is proposed by the Central Bank to start  spending on priority areas while the other is doing the opposite.”  Polye said

PNG Prime Minister wants to know motives of Letter by Somare

Papua New Guineas Prime Minister Peter O'Neill 

The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Peter O’Neill has raised serious concerns on the motive and intent of the complaint submitted by Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare to the Ombudsman Commission.

In a statement Prime Minister O’Neill said that the court decision to reinstate Sir Michael Somare as Prime Minister back in 2011 was noted by the Government and through parliamentary mandate was sorted out .

“The actions taken by Sir Michael Somare in submitting his recent complaint is self and not in the best interest of the country”.  

“The Position of Prime Minister of Prime Minister is not a birth right; it is a position that is mandated by the people through their parliament”.

“It was in parliaments considered view that Somare’s lengthy absence of over 8 months, without proper explanation or reason given to parliament, gave rise to a vacancy in the position. This led to the events of 2011when the parliament elected a new Prime Minister.” O’Neil said

Mr O’Neill said decisions of the court were noted by Parliament that acted within the law.

Former Prime Minister Grand Chief  Sir Michael Somare

“The Parliament, at all times took note of the court’s decision, and has dealt with these decisions appropriately.”

“Through parliamentary process it was deemed that there was a vacancy, thereby allowing Parliament to conduct an election for the Prime Minister on each occasion”.

“Parliament has dealt with this within its mandate and the decisions of Parliament are not subject to the leadership code”.

He added that the people of this nation went to the polls in the general election and reaffirmed their support to the O'Neill government and the decision must be respected.  

“The people of this nation then went to the polls in 2012 where they elected our Government, and Somare must accept that the people made this decision through the ballot as part of our national democratic process. He needs to respect the decision of the people and stop being a spoiler for the country. If he thinks he has a case to present to the people, his opportunity will come again in 2017 within 20 months”.

“We will see him at the polls and this is where the people will decide again who should lead the country for the next five years” O’Neil said

He said the state has been very generous towards Sir Michael Somare and it is time that he recognizes the support that has been afforded to him

“All entitlements have been fully paid including additional funds he received from the state. The people of Papua New Guinea do not owe him anything further that what he has already received”. O’Neil said

Papua New Guinea Adopts new Sustainable Development Goals

The New Sustainable Development Goals

By FIDELIS SUKINA

It is 2015 and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) 2000-2015 are due for the global community.

There are new set of goals which were adopted recently in September 2015,  called the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) and has 17 goals nine more than the previous goals.

Several goals have been achieved by some countries but The eight MDGs –which focused on reducing poverty and hunger; achieve universal education; promote gender equality; reduce child and maternal deaths; combat HIV, malaria and other diseases; ensure environmental sustainability; develop global partnerships – failed to consider the root causes of poverty and overlooked gender inequality as well as the holistic nature of development.

The recent trip by Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Leo Dion and Foreign Affairs Minister Rimbink Pato to the 70^th United Nations General Assembly saw Papua New Guineas support for the SDG’s and Papua New Guineas and the Pacific’s stance on the oceans which can be found on Goal 14.

“PNG’s contribution at the international level as chair of the Pacific Islands forum was our leadership in securing consensus among PIF countries in proposing SDG 14 which is to conserve and use the oceans, seas and marine resources in a sustainable manner”. Dion said at the General Assembly in New York

Papua New Guinea is one of the countries that did not achieve the goals but has improved the situation to meet certain standards from its previous status quo.

Papua New Guineas Prime Minister when asked during the Pacific Islands forum about the countries stand in the New SDG’s and why we didn’t achieve all our MDG’s compared to other pacific Islands

He said PNG was improving especially in terms of universal education but because of population and remoteness we were still lagging behind on other MDG goals.

“In terms of countries achieving the MDG’s smaller pacific Islands states are achieving because of smaller population sizes.”

“Papua New Guinea is the Biggest country in the region with 8 million People most living in rural communities that are sometimes in accessible it is challenging, but over the last two years like Universal Education we are putting more kids in schools in the last two years compared to some countries in the world we will achieve it over time it is not fair to say that we are lagging behind I can assure you we will get there.”

Patrick Duong regional program adviser for the United Nations who was present during the forum said the way things look for the pacific was different, adding that we have different issues and must find ways to address them.

“The Language  of development has changed today we   talk about the quality of education few years back we were mentioning access to education, but  access to education is somehow manageable now we have quality and relevance of education that need to be addressed”

“In  the pacific the question is what do you do with your education, maybe you don’t need to go to tertiary education maybe you  need more  vocational training that’s where the labor market is or training related to climate change so how can government adapt itself to get quality education”.

“Truly the language has changed  we cannot eradicate poverty but rather reducing the gap of the rich and the poor and getting and trying to leverage some commitment for better outcomes from extractive industries for sustainability”. Duong said

Within the 17 SDG’s are 169 targets. Targets under goal one, for example, includes reducing by at least half the number of people living in poverty by 2030, and eradicating extreme poverty (people living on less than $1.25 a day). Under goal five, there’s a target on eliminating violence against women, while goal 16 has a target to promote the rule of law and equal access to justice.

PNG's Opposition Supports Somare

Don Polye Opposition Leader of Papua New Guinea supports
Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare's  cause

By FIDELIS SUKINA

Opposition Leader Don Polye has thrown support behind the Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare in reference to his letter to the Ombudsman Commission

 Somare who wrote a letter to the Ombudsman referring about 70 members of parliament past and present including Prime Minister Peter O’Neill for breach of the leadership code, has gotten the support of the opposition.

The letter was in relation to the political impasse which took place in 2011 which saw Grand Chief Somare ousted as Prime Minister after he failed to turn up for Parliamentary sessions due to illness.

But the courts ruled in favor of Somare to remain the Prime Minister but was not upheld by Prime Minister Peter O'Niell and his government to steer clear and leave the Prime Minister ship to Somare. 

“The opposition is standing by in principal with people who

Sir Michael wants justice for  his removal and  lodged  a
letter to the Ombudsman  Commission  

are upholding the principals of law and democracy and the constitution, the opposition stands united to promote such, so we stand united to fight law breaking, undermining of the law and compromising institutions that uphold the law and we support Somare in that Principal”. Polye said during a press conference at Parliament House on Thursday.

Polye said Somare’s move was one to uphold the constitution and was from a founding father that was already sick and tired of laws being broken

“He has perused the matter to uphold the integrity of the constitution and the Justice system and the rule of law.”

“Why I am saying this is because the constitution of this country is not respected by just one person Peter O’Neill is someone who is not respecting the constitution of this country.”

“Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare being a founding father of this nation is sick and tired of seeing the laws of this nation being broken, he and other leaders in parliament like Sir Julius Chan and others  who made the laws for the betterment of this nation are seeing laws being broken and breached by leaders without respect ”. 

He added that systems in place were being undermined and gagged 

“Most of the pioneer politicians and Prime Ministers of this nation are sick and tired of what’s happening in this nation continuing to break laws and disrespecting systems”.

“There has been so much gagging and interruptions to the systems in place which are trying to carry out their work without fear or favor. The constitutional office has been compromised”.

“Grand Chiefs letter reflects enough is enough from the opposition’s side it’s about time the Prime Minister starts to realize that what he is doing is not in the interest of this nation when he continues to breach laws and disrespect institutions that enforce law in the constitution it’s an embarrassment brings disrespect to Papua New Guinea.” Polye said

Polye added that it paints a bad image overseas and the global community will see Papua New Guinea as a country that is made up of people who don’t respect the law and like to break the law

“If the Prime Minister was not irresponsible not carless if he did respect the law I don’t think that Grand Chief Somare would file such a letter to the Ombudsman”.  Polye said