Court stays orders restraining Kramer

By KARO JESSE
ORDERS against Police Minister Bryan Kramer restraining him from involvement in police operations have been stayed.
Deputy Chief Justice Ambeng Kandakasi made the orders in the National Court on March 5 but Kramer was granted a stay by the Supreme Court in a special sitting on Saturday after he was granted leave on Friday to review the orders made against him
Supreme Court Justice David Cannings granted the stay after he upheld submissions by Kramer’s lawyer Simon Dewe of Jema lawyers.
Dewe submitted that the orders by Kandakasi would cause substantial injustice and prejudice for Kramer as police minister, if not stayed.
Dewe said if the stay was not granted Kramer would not have the opportunity to contest the legality of Kandakasi’s orders at the interlocutory stage as the orders were made outside the context of pleading.
Dewe further submitted that the orders prevented Kramer from effectively performing his executive duty to working with the police commissioner for briefings or information concerning the police force and to report to the people through the Parliament and National Executive Council.
The court was told that Kramer needed information from police to report in Parliament when it sat tomorrow (June 2).
Kanadakasi had issued orders against Kramer in a defamatory proceeding filed by Ialibu-Pangia MP O’Neill.