Douglas Tomuriesa, Pope Francis and James Marape

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  Opposition Leader Douglas Tomuriesa said he is disappointed and embarrassed over the way His Holiness Pope Francis was treated by Prime Minister James Marape over the last three-days during the Papal visit, and the lack of courtesy and respect shown by the Prime Minister. He said the Prime Minister continuously declares PNG as a ‘Christian country’ and prides himself on being a religious individual but he was surprised when the Pope was continuously snubbed by the PM over the weekend since the Pope’s arrival on Friday. “The Pope is the head of the Catholic church, the largest Christian church in the world and he is also a head of state. “PNG not only being a Christian country, but a country that prides itself as a ‘friend to all, enemy to none’, the PM should be according the Pope with the highest level of respect,” Tomuriesa said. The Opposition Leader pointed out that on Friday, the Prime Minister did not welcome the Pope at the airport, a tradition he had accorded to many othe...
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Justice dept sets up unit

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THE Department of Justice and Attorney General will be setting up a Secretariat for the Judicial and Legal Services Commission to look after the affairs of judges and magistrates, says Attorney-General Dr Eric Kwa.
The commission is a constitutional office in the Department of Justice that appoints and disciplines judges and magistrates.
Dr Kwa told The National yesterday that since the appointment of Bryan Kramer as Justice Minister, the department had been tasked to review the processes of appointing and renewing of contract for judges, magistrates, plus guidelines on discipline. “These things have never being done before – just ad hoc” he said.
“We now have created the secretariat, of eight people (officers) who will report directly to the minister who is the chairman.
“In terms of judges’ appointment, complaints about the judges and the magistrates, the appointment of public prosecutor, public solicitor, they can be dealt with by the commission through that secretariat that we are now setting up.
“Hopefully, before the end of the year we should have a full functioning secretariat that will be able to look after the affairs of the judges.”

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