Today is Tuesday the 20th of March 2012, the current parliament is meant to be having its final session for the year 2012! Now how is that for excitement?! Usually the routine is that if you had an exciting weekend then the week should be relatively mediocre, alas it seems that this won’t be the case for us here in this wonderfully exciting country of ours.
Papua New Guinea’s Deputy Prime Minister Belden Namah has called on three judges, including the chief justice of the Supreme Court, to resign.
In a full-page press statement in the Port Moresby-based The National newspaper, Mr Namah accuses Chief Justice Sir Salamo Injia and Justices Nicholas Kirriwom and George Manuhu of “judicial corruption”.
Mr Namah also calls for the resignation of the registrar of the Supreme and National courts.
THE Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of passenger ferry mv Rabaul Queen is likely to get under way in the next 10 days now that its funding has been confirmed.
So it’s the end of another eventful week in Papua New Guinea. It seems scandal has made a new home here! From the wonderfully talented but somewhat confused environmentalist that works for a Canadian mining company (tsk tsk tsk-kids these days!) to the gifted far throwing politicians that can pitch a lot of mud all the while being bogged down in it.
Tentative Election Program 2012
Source: Facebook (PNG Election 2012)
The ELECTORAL COMMISSION hereby announces to the general public the Tentative Election Program for the 2012 National Parliament General Elections as follows:
1. Issue of Writs: Friday 27th April, 2012 (4:00pm)
2. Nominations Close: Friday 04th May, 2012 (4:00pm)
3. Polling Starts: Saturday 23rd June, 2012
4. Polling Ends: Friday 06th July, 2012
5. Return of Writs of or before: Friday 27th July, 2012
