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| Subject: Well D'OH: Outcry as PNG government wins power to remove judges Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:59 am | |
| THE Papua New Guinea parliament has voted overwhelmingly to give itself the power to remove judges from their positions, triggering an outcry from political and legal commentators who say it is a serious assault on the independence of the nation's embattled judiciary.
While the government of the Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill, has argued the Judicial Conduct Act is required to ensure judges act fairly and appropriately, the leader of the fledgling two-member opposition, Dame Carol Kidu, condemned it as a ''disgraceful and blatant attack on the fundamental principles of our constitutional democracy''.
''To bring judges under the scrutiny of Parliament and the [National Executive Council] when they are already under the scrutiny of the Ombudsman Commission will directly compromise the separation of powers as enshrined in our constitution,'' Dame Carol said.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/outcry-as-png-government-wins-power-to-remove-judges-20120321-1vkbo.html#ixzz1ppY43ipc
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