Dishonest acts displease PM

PRIME Minister James Marape, pictured says it saddens him when people use Government institutions such as courts, Vulupindi Haus and other departments to access funds illegally.
He said he was briefed of the decision by certain interest groups from Western to continue accessing large amounts of money (well over K500 million) from a trust account for the people of Western.
He said when he was finance minister, he arrived at certain key trust deeds to ensure funds were safe-guarded and protected from continual abuse by interest groups based in Port Moresby and elsewhere.
Marape said it was a sad legacy to the funds (Community Mine Continuation Agreement – CMCA – and the non-CMCA funds) that were meant to prop up Western.
“It sadden me that we continued to have people with interest, outside the mainstream interest group, continue to use institutions of our democracy to continue to access funds or try to access funds by running in and out of Vulupindi Haus and running in and out of court houses.”