PM says sorry to our women

 HUNDREDS of people all over the country turned out in their respective centres to support the national haus krai, signalling a swelling awareness of the need to stop violence against women.

In Port Moresby, Prime Minister Peter O’Neill apologised for the violence faced by women and pledged a crackdown on perpetrators including enforcing the death penalty.

More than 1,000 people, mostly women, were at the Sir John Guise Stadium to listen to O’Neill.

In Madang, in the midst of a heavy downpour, a man knelt and cried as he publicly apologised for the wrongs he had done to his wife while in Buka, an estimated 600 marched in support of the two-day event. 

The haus krai at Madan village in South Waghi district drew hundreds of black-dressed women who marched through the village singing songs of sorrow.

In Lae, Morobe Deputy Governor Moro­koi Gaiwata caused controversy when he said women should avoid wearing shorts and showing their cleavage.