The trial into a proceeding filed by the UPNG SRC is expected to be held this afternoon at the Waigani National Court at 3pm.
The trial was set for hearing today by Justice David Cannings.
Plaintiffs UPNG SRC president Kenneth Rapa and the SRC council went to court last week (June 22) through their lawyer, seeking to restrain UPNG Registrar Jennifer Popat and the university administration enforcing that the students’ sign the reaffirmation form.
The order sought was refused by Justice Cannings and a trial date was set instead.
In the trial, Rapa and the students will be seeking a declaration of the court to nullify the purported students reaffirmation form the UPNG administration issued to them to sign when the suspension of semester one was lifted.
More than 90 percent of students have vacated the Waigani campus following the shooting on June 8 and the June 23 confrontation. Some have returned to their home provinces.
The students have been out of class for almost two months now. They are waiting for the administration to decide on whether the academic year will be terminated or classes will resume.
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