Western Highlanders in the National Capital District have been asked to support and apologise to the family of late Joe Pidik, who died from a tragic brawl on August 27.
The incident happened during the Digicel Cup elimination match in Port Moresby between the Rabaul Agmark Gurias and Wamp Nga Mt Hagen Eagles.
“Making peace is always important in a modern time like this where law must be followed and traditions must be maintained,” says the Chairman of the Western Highlands Development Forum Inc, Samson Komati, when urging all Western Highlanders in Port Moresby to come forward in kind and cash and help the Late Pidik’s family.
He says they never planned this melee that ensued, which let all of us down. What’s done is done but we can't afford to walk away with blood on our hands.
“Let one or few people that spoiled the name of Hagen Eagles and WHP face their own consequences but for the rest of us, let's make our stand and say no to violence in rugby and in life in PNG, and foster good relations with people from other provinces always,” Komati said.
With that, chairman Komati made an open call to all men and women from, of, and related to Western Highlands Province, to meet at 2pm at Unagi Oval in Port Moresby this Saturday (10.09.16). This is to collect cash contributions and hand over to the Late Joe Pidik’s family.
They hope to ‘make formal apologies in our Melanesian way to the Gurias rugby team and people of East New Britain Province’.
“Western Highlands Development Forum Inc is contributing K1,000 cash towards this peace-making event,” Komati pledges.
“We all contribute how much each of us can afford and let's say sorry to our brothers from ENBP this Saturday at Unagi Oval at 2pm.”
Komati can be contacted on 7165 1482, or email; Samson.komati@gmail.com.