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Courts court confusion: PMs arrest warrant.

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By PNG Echo. Chief Magistrate, Ms. Nerrie Eliakim, yesterday (July 4, 2014), dismissed an application from police to set aside an arrest warrant for the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Peter O’Neill, in the Committal Court, Waigani. The decision of Ms Eliakim who is believed to be close to former Justice Minister and Attorney General, Kerenga Kua, will seriously undermine the authority of the newly-appointed Police Commissioner, Geoffrey Vaki and police powers. Stated under S197 (2) of the Constitution is that the functions of the police are not only to lay and prosecute charges but also withdraw them As Continue reading Courts court confusion: PMs arrest warrant.→

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A lay-down misère: The PMs court case.

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By PNG Echo The Prime Minister played a winning hand. In fact, so good were his cards that he had that very rare commodity in a card game – a ‘lay-down misère’. A lay-down misère is a hand so good that it is played in full view of the other players with no risk.  It’s brazen and it’s shamelessly triumphant. However, you would be forgiven for thinking that the Prime Minister may have ‘stacked the deck’ by removing all the opponent’s trumps (Sam Koim, ITFS, Thomas Eluh, Kerenga Kua…) with one of the last being dissenting Solicitor-General, Ms Jubilee Tindiwi. Continue reading A lay-down misère: The PMs court case.→

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