5 parties given ok to intervene

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By KARO JESSE
FIVE interested parties have been granted leave to intervene in a Supreme Court application filed by Opposition Leader Belden questioning the constitutionality of Prime Minister James Marape’s election in May last year.
The interested parties are Marape, Minister for Justice and Attorney-General Davis Steven, Speaker of Parliament Job Pomat, the Registrar of Political Parties Alphones Gelu and Pangu Pati.
However, Marape’s lawyer, McRonald Nale, yesterday during the court session, raised a serious issue regarding Namah’s capacity as the Opposition leader when Justice David Cannings sought any opposing response from interveners regarding the application.
Nale contended that Namah, despite having filed a new amended application, still did not have the capacity to pursue the matter due to the fact that he (Namah) was found guilty by a leadership tribunal in 2018 of improper conduct and abuse of power.
Nale said the leadership tribunal found Namah guilty of misconduct in office and recommended that he be dismissed from office as Member for the Vanimo-Green River electorate.
This all came about when Namah sought a stay order, pending a judicial review over the tribunal’s decision.
Nale argued that Namah should not be pursing the matter as he had been recommended for suspension by the leadership tribunal.
“There is a case that still needs to be answered before Namah can proceed or claim that he is the leader of opposition,” Nale said.
Nale based his stance on the Organic Law on Duty and Responsibility of Leadership, under section 27 where an individual had been referred to a tribunal for alleged misconduct in office and was suspended from duty.
The matter which Nale was referring to was on May 24, 2012, where Namah, in the company of other policemen and soldiers, went into a court room former Chief Justice Sir Salamo Injia was presiding over interrupted the session when he shouted in a threatening manner and demanded Sir Salamo’s immediate resignation and arrest.
Nale asked where the recommendations of the leadership tribunal stood today.
Justice Cannings told the court that these where matters to be raised in regards to Namah’s standing. The matter was adjourned to May 1 for a directions hearing with interveners.

23 comments

  • Insanity and selfish people who think of them selves. Let us be serious in tackling the threat of CORONA VIRUS.

  • Leave this politics asside and all parties should be concentrating on fighting against the COVID – 19

  • Stop perusing this issues during this tough times that the country is going through. Let the Government of the day concentrate on COVID-19 situation only and every MPs should work together. Please keep politics at bay during this time.

  • Can all the court cases be deferred to a later date please. All three branches of the government must work together in this bad time we’re facing.

  • Common LEADERS, our country is under C19 threat and yet you are battling for the top post. Please just leave this case aside and let us put our hands together and fight this so-called C19 FIRST. Give priority to what is URGENT as it is affecting our peoples’ lives. YUPELA SAVE YET NA GO YET LONG KOT YA PLIS EM BAI OLSEM WANEM NAU.

  • Give a chance to PMJM. This is not Opposition. It is something different. If it was opposition, he will surely give space to leadership of PMJM to through this period to election 2022. Its emergency period, an unforseen circumstance. Your experience of the Bougainville crisis was different. You saw it coming and you were there for it. This emergency?, no one saw it coming. It took the country by surprise. This government is doing what it do from what it can mobilize. Give the leadership a chance and stop this and support the government.

  • Leaders please put your people first to avoid this pandemics that is killing people around the globe.

  • Leave politics aside and concentrate on the lives of people whom you are serving in this time of Globel pandemic which affects the world. If you leaders concern on the lives of very people then leave your differences aside and put you hands together and help us in thatever is needed

  • Yes though Corona Virus would be here and gone and Corruption would be here Long Currently we have a bigger problem than Corruption. Can we leave politics aside for a while and concentrate on Covid 19?

  • Put this housekeeping stuff aside first and lets concentrate on covid 19, its already present with us.

  • What is Namah trying to prove here? Does he has an intention to occupy the pm post? Well, simple, he can but he need to leave this to a later date so everyone of us including him to cooperate and participate in the fight against the virus first. He has the right but the thing is, he is not doing at the right time. Yumi kot na luk2 lo pm post or yumi luk2 lo disla virus husat bai kilim yumi long em? Both govt n opps to work together to tackle this virus. Everyone one of us need to cooperate and work together. God bless PNG.

  • Please, Mr. Namah, leave this politics aside and think about your people in Vanimo green. Yu tinkim olsem ples blong yu em stap long boda stret ya. Yu hait long Mosbi na pairap stap, go long Vanimo green na yu bai first man long kisim sik ya. Please leave politics and support our Prime Minister at this time to prevent our beautiful country from this killer disease.

  • Hope all the expenses were paid from their own pockets and not from tax payers money. What good shall this battle bring to the people of this country? Talk about life saving issues for the people and the tax payers of this country on how best to protect and provide for them at this time of peril rather than for your own gain. Most people are still concern and waiting for the arrival of PCR testing kits in the country so that they can get tested in order to retain trust and confidence that had been instilled by covid19

  • The world right now are in fear of this demonic pandemic virus, they put all deference aside to provide a amicable solution to this plague. People demons have one thing in nature, they always fight a loosing battle and never give up… what is the prove of this power fight?

  • I think Namah has every right to express his thoughts and every speak what is unhealthy that government has turned blind eye on it. He is the country’s opposition leader and every action must not be a breach of constitution. Just leave him alone so that he still can make noise on the other side of the house. Namah I salute you for putting government on their toes. Corona or no Corona keep doing what you are doing.

  • Aren’t we all supposed to work together to save our Nation from this deadly pandemic . Please the nation is counting on you guys..

  • Namah stop playing politics there’s no time for such. PM position isn’t a solution to fight the pandemic. You can make a difference right where you are. What we need from you national leaders is the cooperation support to the PM and each other to help the people from this deadly virus. As the saying goes; ” a haus that divides within itself will fall ” stop using the court to gain favour and score points. Address the issue that threatens the life of our people and the nation. If a person is desperate to be the next prime minister good wait until 2022 and not now; not yet.

  • Time to fight covid-19. no time for playing politics or power hungry business. Now we can see who is the leader who does have heart for the people. Namah has no potential to lead people to safety and frreedom. he is leader of destruction coz he has no concern for the people at this time of Emergency.
    Work with govt to tackle Covid19.

  • Both Gov’t and opposition should work together for the good of the nation during this hard time

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