|
Sports |
Membership fees to pay legal costs
AN anonymous landowner has claimed in
a letter to a newspaper that the Daulo Landowners Association has
collected membership fees from principal landowners and that it is
illegal.
The association is currently pursuing a legal case which involves
millions of kina but to do this, it requires a considerable amount
of money to pay the legal fees and other costs.
No one can claim to be a member of any organisation without
contributing financially.
The collection of membership fees from principal landowners is
therefore justified.
The very people who worked tirelessly to bring the case to where
it is today are the principle landowners from Asaro, Mando, Korepa
and Watabung.
They have been able to do this thanks in part to the membership
fees and other personal contributions.
There are also landowners from these four areas and neighbouring
villages who work and live in other parts of the country and they
can contribute to the association to fight the case.
The claim that non-principal landowners are also
contributing money and paying membership fees to the association
is utter rubbish.
If the complainant is a genuine landowner and genuinely concerned
about the affairs of the association, he should come up with
constructive ideas to help it pursue the case.
If he would put down his real name and contact address, the
executives could also respond to him directly.
Nothing can be achieved by taking a backseat and criticising.
Henry Nimu
Port Moresby
 
|
