Lawlessness a sad reflection of PNG

ALL nations, communities, and so­cieties are built on laws.
Laws protect and sustain a nation.
When laws are broken, the nation will disintegrate and collapse.
Papua New Guinea is a law-abi­ding nation and is called a civil society because of laws that it is built upon.
The quality of a nation depends on and is determined by its citizens upholding the laws.
What prevents evil and anarchy from destroying our lives are our laws.
The current state of lawlessness in Lae, Popondetta, Kainantu, Port Moresby and other centres reflects badly on the citizens’ level of commitment to obey and follow our laws.
Why are we experiencing this le­vel of lawlessness is a reflection of the people’s attitude towards laws.
All levels of leadership must take responsibility for the state of lawlessness in our nation.
Lawlessness should not be stealing the headlines every day.
When it does that, we have to analyse why.
We have to go back to the drawing board and review our commitment to the laws of this nation.
It is the responsibility of every law-abiding citizen to carefully review and reflect back why this level of lawlessness has kicked in.
Leaders of every organisation, be it government, church, social groups, private companies, etc, must carefully scrutinise the leadership and how it is providing leadership to its subordinates.
This leads to one vital question – where are the lawmakers, the law enforcers, and the law executors?
Where is the leadership that go­verns the people?
We desperately need law-abiding leadership in all sectors of society.
We need a leadership that will make laws, pass laws, execute laws, maintain laws, protect laws and ultimately obey laws.
Right now, we have a leadership that has lost connection with laws of this sovereign state, a leadership that is flagrantly breaking laws and the common people are copying what the leaders are doing.
We desperately need a leadership that shows it obeys the laws, is transparent and not challenge and protest against law enforcers when the law catches up with them.
We need a leadership that enforces laws without fear or favour.

Scotty Alu
Port Moresby