Violence affects lives, investments, economy, says EU

VIOLENCE is affecting lives, investment, education, health and the well-being of people in this country and has to stop, the European Union (EU) says.
EU head of cooperation Rene Mally said violence was a major setback for the economy.
He was in Enga on Tuesday to open a K5 million project funded by EU in Wabag.
The project included the construction of duplex staff houses for the Lokopenda Health Centre, a community health centre at Yokomanda and Tumbilyam, funding peace initiative programmes and supporting programmes to empower youths and women.
Mally described violence as “very bad for the growth of a country and PNG must say no to any form of violence”. He said people should be flourishing, not living in fear.
Mally said violence would affect education, health, cash-flow, development and lives of the people.
So far, he said, the number of tourists visiting PNG has dropped because of violence.
“I hear PNG is a Christian country but people are not living the life of a Christian, instead they are involving in all sorts of evil.” Mally added that violence affected investments, income and the economy.
“PNG is a Christian nation but people are not following what Jesus said in the Bible that you have to love your enemy.”
Mally called on teachers to start teaching at a violence-free school so that could help to develop students’ mindsets.