Call to complete police case files

SINCE the change of guard on the floor of Parliament in May, and the well-publicised slogan to take back PNG, there is now an expectation in Government and the public domain to address corruption at all levels of our society – starting from the legislature, to the executive arms of Government and the community at large.
While this is a noble intent, this expectation should be executed diligently within the confines of existing laws that provides for the rights of every citizen to freedom and justice.
This is an appeal to all state law-enforcing agencies, especially the police, to ensure that arrests of public figures are based on credible facts and evidence that can stand up to the strictest of legal scrutiny in a properly constituted court of law.
It is in the public interest that police prepare case files that are water-tight before seeking arrest warrants from the courts.
The courts also have a duty to dispense justice based upon fact and law.
We have already seen two prominent citizens subjected to the judicial processes in Peter O’Neill and Patilias Gamato.
The last thing the public wants to see is miscarriage of justice and the respective cases thrown out due to lack of evidence, prosecution ineptitude or court processes abused or technicality or incomplete files etc.
If there are other pending cases that would be subjected to the judicial process, the police minister and the hierarchy would do well to take this advice seriously and proceed with caution, sensitivity and professionalism.
Every case files involves human beings and citizens of this great nation that have, not only, made a significant contribution to nation building, one way or another but are daily providers of care and sustenance to a family and a community.
The law and justice is for all, great and small. Justice must not only de done but seen to be done for all.

Pro Bono