Face criminal process

IT is sickening to see public office holders avoiding the normal criminal justice process.
The recent being former prime minister Peter O’Neill running to the National Court to obtain an interim restraining order to prevent the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) from effecting a warrant of arrest against him.
In effect, the interim restraining order prevents the Police from interviewing and arresting him for the alleged criminal charges against him.
Even though the court order will be in effect for a short term, it has already delayed the normal process involved in the criminal justice system.
Interviewing and arresting an alleged criminal is a constitutional function of the police and a fundamental element in the criminal justice process.
The process determines whether an alleged criminal is guilty or not.
The avoiding of the fundamental criminal justice process of interview and arrest by the Police not only delays the whole process but denies the public from the truth, given that the alleged offender holds public office which is held in trust for the public.
Another thing worth mentioning is the use of public funds to pay for legal bills in the malicious court battles.
I believe the citizens of this nation have grown tired of seeing public office holders running away from the criminal justice process.
If a public office holder is alleged as an offender, he should comply with the criminal justice process and let the process decide whether you are guilty or not.
And for once, honour the trust that the people have put in you by placing you in the public office you are occupying by complying with the rule of law.
Honour the office you are occupying too.
Enough of resisting and avoiding the criminal justice process.

L.P.
Erima, NCD