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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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No sense of irony: ACP Thomas Eluh (suspended)

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By PNG Echo The suspended senior police officer, Thomas Eluh, has released a media statement that cautions that the “[m]edia is not the right forum to discuss PM’s guilt or innocence.” True enough, but Mr. Eluh’s media statement says so much more. And, clearly, Mr Eluh sees no irony in a media release that attempts to censor the media – issued by someone with absolutely no authority. The purpose of media release is to give the press publishable information, not to issue gratuitous threats.

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