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The week that was – ending 2 December 2013 – The lifting of the order, women’s issues, a pay rise and the re-writing of history.

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By PNG Echo It has indeed been a landmark week in Papua New Guinea, if only for the lifting of a long-standing restraining order on the tabling of the Commission of Inquiry into the Finance Department. The injunction taken out years ago (seven?) by the legal firm Paraka Lawyers, prevented the damning findings of the inquiry (where Mr Paraka makes frequent star appearances) from being tabled in parliament. Hon Sam Basil, Deputy Leader of the Opposition wrote that Paraka flew to Alotau and obtained the injunction “…on a Saturday.”  Urgent indeed! Consequently, alleged thieves have had many years respite from Continue reading The week that was – ending 2 December 2013 – The lifting of the order, women’s issues, a pay rise and the re-writing of history.→

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COI Finance Department: Lest we forget

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By PNG Echo ‘Cabal’ (Wikipedia) “… is a group of people united in some close design together, usually to promote their private views or interests… often by intrigue … The use of this term usually carries strong connotations of shadowy corners, back rooms and insidious influence.”   Corruption: systemic, systematic and contrived The findings of the Commission of Inquiry into the Finance Department (COI) stands, now, more than five-years-old, as a damning indictment of the inefficacy and lack of will of PNG’s criminal investigating agencies and those with the power to direct them. Had the findings of this Inquiry been Continue reading COI Finance Department: Lest we forget→

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