Money not an issue for legal action: Saonu
MOROBE Governor Ginson Saonu says money should be the least of their worries in taking the Government and the developers of the Wafi-Golpu project to court.
Saonu, on behalf of the Morobe government, had previously taken the Government and developers Newcrest and Harmony to court claiming that the 2018 memorandum of understanding was signed without proper consultation with, and input from, the provincial government and other stakeholders.
“We took it to court and the court ruling was unclear but we know that we won it,” he said.
He said the K14 million used in the first court case was granted in two parts: K2 million each for the Huon Gulf and Mumeng landowners given by the Prime Minister James Marape to organise themselves and K10 million as legal fees.
He told a public forum on Wednesday that “you have given me the mandate to fight so don’t be worried about a few millions. Be worried about your future”.
Landowners of Babuaf and Orof are willing to allocate land for a tailings dam for the Wafi-Golpu project.
Mumeng local level government president Amos Kekeng tabled a submission on it at the public forum on Wednesday.
One thought on “Money not an issue for legal action: Saonu”
LEGAL FEE SHOULD BE EQUAL TO THE VALUE OF THE WORK DONE AND PEOPLE OF MOROBE SHOULD KNOW THIER MONEY SPENT AND HOW MUCH WAS USED IN ITS SPECIFIC AREAS. THIS IS MEETING THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT’S VISION 2050 OF THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS.
IN THE PRESENT CASE, MOROBE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT IS DIVERTING THE EXPENSE SPENT IN THE SUBJECT LEGAL ISSUE AND URGING MOROBEANS TO FORCUS ON THEIR FUTURE SEEMS SUSPECIOUS AND IMPROPER IN THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION.
I SUGGEST GOVERNOR SHOULD CLEAR THIS AIR THEN ADVICE THE MOROBEANS TO FOCUS ON THEIR RELATED TO THE SUBJECT MINING.
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