Law and order enforcement weak

THROUGH eyewitness, stories, reports, research papers, studies, social media posts etc, we have shown that every year Papua New Guinea is experiencing increase number of crimes and social issues in the country.
Lack of accountability for police violence continue in the country, and less effective enforcement of laws criminalizing violence, crimes, corrupt and misconduct behaviors.
Indeed, the law and order enforcement in the country is weak.
The real question is, “how is the country going to cut down or minimize the lawlessness?”
It’s the Government’s responsibility to make sure societies are not in chaos in terms of law and orders issues.
People need to live in societies that are safe, loving, and free from all forms of crimes and violence.
In accordance, the execute arm and other related government departmental bodies who have the utmost and subordinate jurisdiction for the effective functioning of law and order in the country need to restructure, adjust and implement some new tactics in terms of law and order enforcement in the country.
By looking back in the country’s history, missions (church organisation) played pivotal roles in battling all forms of crimes and malpractices.
They are not only battling the crimes and malpractices but also bringing the development and changes into the country with little or no government aid.
I give credit to the church organisations for always upholding the real face of humanity in the country.
They are humble but effective in serving humanity.
Most rural communities and even some parts of urban centers in the country are no longer safe.
There are real need for effective law and order enforcement.
There should be enough funds allocated for the effective law and order enforcement.
The number of police officers in the country should be increased and there should be police officers stationed in all rural communities and carrying out effective duties.
Police officers must uphold professionalism.
“If the front-line is not functioning well, there will be problems,” said Perou N’dranou, the New Guinea Islands Assistant commissioner during his speech at the launch of the West New Britain police security operations for the General Election 2022.
He mentioned this after he found policemen chewing betel nut in front of their superiors.
N’dranou further stated that when they visited Kokopo police station recently and found no one on duty but they were happy to be paid.
“No police force in the world will survive without public support, and that starts with our behavior,” he said.
This clearly reveals to the general public how weak and corrupt some of the police officers that are occupying the positions and doing less or nothing good for the country.
Such type of officers are also occupying other public offices/workforce in other government departments.
This type of people, the country does not need them.
They are the contributing factors that drag the country from progressing.
The police recruitment and training in the country should be tough.
All police officers must be familiar with the legal system or have legal background knowledge.
The upholding of professionalism and democratic principles should be vital.
For a society to be free, peaceful, safe and loving for human inhabited, it needs tough and effective law and order enforcement.
The national constitution guarantees the citizens the fundamental basic human rights, eg, the right to free from inhuman treatment etc.
In accordance, the Government is responsible for creating and enforcing the rules of a society, defense, foreign affairs, the economy, and public services.
It exists for the sole purpose of the safety and smooth running of the country.
However, the government cannot function without people.
Government is the people’s choice through election.
Accordingly, the time has come for us to see some tangible changes though the choices that we will be making at the polling booth.
Our voting at the polling booths must be free and fair in accordance to the Christian principles, code of ethics, and democratic principles.
In order to have good government we must be wise in choosing good leaders when casting our votes.

Vincent Tambure
Gama, Usino Bundi
Madang