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Justice Colin Makail errs (again)

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By PNG Echo A three-man bench of the Supreme Court, earlier today, unanimously overturned a National Court decision by Justice Colin Makail to join police officers Gitua and Damaru to the judicial review of Chief Magistrate, Nerrie Eliakim’s decision to grant an arrest warrant against Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill. Justices Kandakasi, Hartshorn and Kassman  found that Justice Makail was wrong and had fallen into error in granting Damaru and Gitua, as members of the police force, leave to act outside of their chain of command in joining them, independently, to the judicial review. In their judgment they affirmed that: The Continue reading Justice Colin Makail errs (again)→

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Supreme Court backs Prime Minister and rule of law. (How could Namah have got it so wrong?)

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By PNG Echo. I’ve been incommunicado on the other side of the world for some weeks, so yesterday (24 October 2014) with good internet connections temporarily restored, I was shocked to learn that tensions and conflict within the police service in PNG seems to have escalated. Why should that be so when the Supreme Court on October 2 clarified the constitutional position confirming that the Commissioner of Police has ultimate authority and control of his men – and that the duty of a police officer was to obey the orders of superiors? Well, seems some ‘rogue’ police officers have chosen Continue reading Supreme Court backs Prime Minister and rule of law. (How could Namah have got it so wrong?)→

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