Whistleblowers Act

Prime Minister James Marape made this announcement on the floor of Parliament today.

The Prime Minister also clarified that since taking office in 2019, all leaders agreed to pass the law on the ICAC.

He said the work of establishing ICAC started back then since the second Parliament but didn’t fully established till the 10th Parliament.

Marape also acknowledged the contributions of the former regime led by Peter O’Neill for pushing through the ICAC bill but fell short to reach Parliament.

Prime Minister, James Marape, said this when responding to Moresby North-West MP, Sir Mekere Morauta, about the legislation.

Sir Mekere asked on the introduction of the legislation to protect whistleblowers on corruption.

“Will the prime Minister consider introducing a law that protects whistleblowers immediately? Because the people who have written the letter have been sacked for doing the right thing for the people of Papua New Guinea. So we need to protect whistleblowers.”