ACTING SPEAKER TO MAKE A STATEMENT ON VONC

Acting Speaker, Koni Iguan is expected to make a statement tomorrow (Thursday) in relation to the motion of No-confidence filed by the Parliamentary Opposition yesterday, according to Parliament Clerk Kala Aufa.

It is not clear whether the members of the Private Business Committee met today as expected and deliberated on the matter.

Parliament was adjourned to tomorrow at 10am.

PNG SUN asked Clerk Aufa whether the meeting was not held due to the Supreme Court reference which the Jema Lawyers filed today on behalf of their client Minister for Justice and Attorney-General, Pila Niningi.

Clerk Aufa only indicated that Iguan would address it.

Through this special reference, lawyer McRonald Nale sought the Supreme Court’s urgent interpretation on the VoNC motion.

In a letter addressed to the assistant registrar for the Supreme Court Registry, Nale requested them for a date and time for this case to be heard by the court today.

PNG SUN sought a comment on the motion from Private Business Committee chairman, Philip Undialu but to no avail. It is understood that Parliamentary protocols also prohibit him from disclosing meeting resolutions of the committee.

WANPIS AKO
WANPIS AKO
Managing Editor who holds a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism and Public Relations from the University of Papua New Guinea. He possesses additional Diploma each in Marketing and Business Management.

━ Related News

70 top executives face suspension over reporting failures, not new policy

Prime Minister James Marape says the suspension of 70 departmental and agency heads is not a new government policy but a decisive enforcement of...

K1.6 billion Supplementary Budget targets Fuel, GST and El Nino relief

PNG Parliament on Tuesday passed a Supplementary Budget of over K1.6 billion aimed at relieving families from rising fuel costs, Goods and Services Tax...

PNG’s first woman Public Prosecutor sworn in

Helen Roalakona has been sworn in as Papua New Guinea’s first female substantive Public Prosecutor, taking charge of the State’s prosecution authority for the...

Supplementary Budget to fund fuel relief, El Nino response and 2027 Election, says PM Marape

Prime Minister James Marape says the Supplementary Budget to be tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, today will prioritize fuel price relief, El Niño preparedness...

Gov’t must fund districts according to the El Nino Impact Scale, not Politics: Nomane

PNG Parliamentary Opposition Leader James Nomane has called on the Government to immediately fund districts and provinces according to the announced El Niño impact...