The PNG Defence Force will enforce the ‘one strike and you are out’ policy.
PNGDF Chief of Staff, Colonel Ray Numa, responded to Prime Minister Peter O’Neill’s directive, saying they have initiated the policy last year and will implement it once they get down to the facts.
Colonel Numa further explained that soldiers who have recently passed from the Goldie Training Depot have a two-year probationary period.
If they breach the Code of Military Discipline, the One Strike and You are Out Policy will be enforced directly on them.
Early this week, the PM issued a direction to the Nation’s disciplined forces to immediately enforce the ‘one strike and you are out’ policy for unacceptable behaviour.
"The public expects better from our service personnel and there are many young committed men and women who want to join the forces,” O’Neill said in a statement.
“If you do not serve your uniform with honour, you have no right to wear it."