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Power, position and pragmatism – the judiciary vs the executive in PNG

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By PNG Echo Cast your minds back to 2011/2012 – a significant time in the annals of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) political history It was a time when a defiant executive government squared up to a rampant judiciary in a struggle for supremacy that, arguably, was ultimately won by the executive government (who retained power) However, during the struggle, the judiciary (embodied by the Chief Justice, Sir Salamo Injia) never retreated and many a lesson about the effective wielding of power was learnt by the government players, especially in that which concerns the power, actual and assumed, of the Chief Continue reading Power, position and pragmatism – the judiciary vs the executive in PNG→

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Thank you, Chief Justice

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I was thrilled to have recently receive this private email (abridged) from the very charming Chief Justice of Fiji, Anthony Gates, about my book ‘Redeeming Moti’. Dear Dr Merrell, I have been meaning to drop you a line. I read the book straight after your book launch here in Suva. I read it over 2 days. It was a very brave book. It was clear, simple, and shocking. It told of a very bad chapter in the annals of the Australian Foreign Service. Everybody behaved badly, really badly. Politics invaded the Civil Service and all other arms of government. It Continue reading Thank you, Chief Justice→

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