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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Police, Govt discuss SOE

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Manning: State of emergency a short-term solution to city’s ethnic clashes

DECLARING a state of emergency (SOE) in the National Capital District (NCD) as a short-term solution and option to stem ethnic violence is being discussed with the Government, Police Comm David Manning says.
“We are also suggesting to revisit the introduction of the Vagrancy Act, but this time as a provision under a proposed Internal Protection and Security Act,” he added.
Comm Manning’s remarks follows the latest fight between two ethnic groups that has claimed two lives in a week.
The commissioner has called on the leaders of the Goilala (Central) and Hela people to end the bloody and deadly ethnic clashes in the nation’s capital.
“The recent ethnic clashes have caused so much fear and anxiety within communities in the NCD in the last three days,” he added.
“While police are out on the streets of Port Moresby to prevent further blood-shed and maintain public order and peace, real and lasting peace and normalcy can be restored with the assistance of the leadership of both groups at the family, clan, tribal, ward, district, provincial and national levels.
“These ethnic clashes have been going on for some time now between various ethnic groups within the NCD and in other parts of the country.
“We need to seriously look into these clashes and identify the underlying causes.
“While drugs and alcohol may be contributing to the clashes, there could be other reasons as well.
“Law and order is not an exclusive police responsibility but is everyone’s business as well.
“So leaders at all levels of society must step up and take responsibility,” he said.
Comm Manning, who is also the Covid-19 national pandemic response controller, said the virus had to date claimed 115 lives and infected more than 10,000 people, including frontline workers.
He said health facilities nationwide were overwhelmed with addressing the Covid-19 and ongoing health concerns and the last thing it needed were additional patients injured from ethnic clashes.
“These ongoing ethnic clashes are symptoms of serious underlying problems within our country and we all need to begin to seriously address them instead of expecting them to go away,” he said.

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