Marape warns protesters of putting their lives, others at risk

PRIME Minister James Marape has warned those staging protests that they are endangering their lives and those of others as the rate of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) transmission is high.
Commenting on the small public protest in Port Moresby on Tuesday, Marape said police should have done more to stop the crowd.
“But, that didn’t happen and the petition was received and considered,” he said.
Marape said the petition called for no vaccine, no mandatory vaccination and to remove the Pandemic Act 2020.
“There is no mandatory vaccination, so please don’t gather around and cause strife in our city,” he said.
“We are not stopping you from raising issues you feel the Government needs to hear.
“The National Control Centre is (operating) on the third floor of Morauta House.
“Bring your concerns there, instead of causing unnecessary nuisance.
“If genuine NGOs (non-government organisation) have issues or a specific workplace issue, come to the Morauta House.
“We could deal with them to ensure our people’s rights are not unnecessarily sabotaged or tampered with.”
Marape encouraged citizens to stay away from such crowd which could end develop into a Covid-19 super-spreader.
He said the Government agreed that workplace safety was important but after considering the views of the people, a new workplace protocol and order was issued by the Pandemic Controller recently on testing to be conducted at the gate for those who did not want to be vaccinated.