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 other wo
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K100mil boost for military

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DEFENCE Minister Win Daki says K100 million has been given to the defence force by the Prime Minister’s Department to facilitate soldiers in their security operations during the General Election.
He announced this when he visited soldiers at Taurama Barracks during their pre-deployment training for the election last week.
“The first funding of K50 million is available for the pre-deployment training and the next half shall be paid into the account next month for the election security operation,” he said
“Our soldiers have been training very hard during the past weeks and they are ready for their deployment to various parts of the country for election operations.”
Daki said if the Defence Department provided strategic guidance and financial administration support to the soldiers, they would be dedicated to their work.
“The soldiers can perform to the best of their ability in terms of providing security to this nation if they are well paid and all of their internal issues are well administered by the Department of Defence,” he said.
Daki said the soldiers deployed to each province would be under the command and control of each provincial police commander (PPC).
“The Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) will work closely with the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary and the Electoral Commission to ensure that the election is fair and safe,” he said.
Taurama commanding officer Lieutenant-colonel Heta Nombe said 400 of the 1,000 security personnel from the defence force who would be deployed for the election operations would be from Taurama Barracks. “Most of the soldiers will be deployed to the Highlands while others will go to high-risk areas in the coastal regions such as Milne Bay, Madang and East New Britain, but under the command of PPCs,” he said.
Nombe said with the funding available, this would help during the deployment for the election security.
“The pre-deployment training ended last week and we are ready for the election operations now that the funding is available,” he said.

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