Supreme Court ruling for our Mama Law

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The National, Thursday 10th November 2011

THE nation awaits the Dec 9 Su­preme Court ruling on the East Sepik provincial government re­ference.
That decision is not for the be­nefit of the O’Neill government or that of Sir Michael Somare but the PNG Constitution.
The argument is not whether Peter O’Neill is doing a good job or the previous government headed by Sir Michael did a poor job. 
They have no impact. 
The Supreme Court will define the literal meanings of the letters of the PNG Constitution in as far as the issues of a vacancy in the prime minister’s office and the processes and procedures in­volved in electing a prime minister once a vacancy is declared.
The other point is that the question of the essence of “time” is im­material to the reference sought by the provincial government.
Many people are saying that since the general election is drawing near, the Supreme Court will rule for the current government.
This is not true as “time” is not a factor.
The Supreme Court will discharge its decision for the safety and security of the Constitution.
It will make a decision to set the precedent because if it does not, who will then do that job?
If there is no precedent law set by the Supreme Court, anyone can buy out MPs and run a similar event as experienced on Aug 2.
So it is in the national and constitutional interest that the Supreme Court makes its rulings to set a precedent law.

Wara
Wewak