Don Polye

Polye issued this warning after students at the University of Natural Resources and Environment (UNRE) burnt a car the morning in protest of some climate change programs they claimed were not accredited.

Polye in a press conference clarified that all courses in higher institutions are accredited.

“I am now cautioning universities, nursing colleges, all TVETs throughout PNG to be proactive in their management.

The Council which will be meeting for the first time on 29^th September 2023, under the direction of Minister for Higher Education, Research, Science, Technology, and Sports, Don Polye.  

Mr. Igara was responding to the Minister during a recent press conference addressing a petition by UPNG Medical students on conditions at the Medical School.

He said the matters which were addressed by the minister, will be discussed during the council meeting.

A press conference was held this week to address grievances raised by disgruntled UPNG Medical School students in regard to a recent petition to the University.

Minister Polye told media in the press conference that the matters raised by the students regarding the quality of food and the service at the mess was a matter not worthy of a political nor secretarial level, but an administrative matter.  

However, since it was taken to the public, he addressed this at the ministerial level through a press conference.

Minister for Department of Higher Education Research Science and Technology and Sports, Don Polye gave this assurance during a media conference over the weekend.

He urged critics and people who are not clear with the information on the funding for TESAS to know that the government has agreed to pay the shortfall needed, setting a new chapter, giving credit to the government.

He said the cabinet listened with understanding to the call made by the DHERST to not overlook the essential educational program, the TESAS.

Polye in a statement described the welcome ceremony as something that will not empower Peter O'Neil or anyone else to become Prime Minister, describing invocations of ancestral spirits as calling on something that does not exist. Polye also described the ceremony as hocus-pocus to deceive the PNC Party and Peter O’Neill’s followers. 
 

Justice David Cannings made the declarations this morning at the Waigani National Court.

Don Polye was endorsed as the elected leader following an election petition he had filed at the Supreme Court in 2017 disputing the election results which declared Alfred Manase as the member.            

On the 20^th of December 2020, the court ordered for a judicial recount of the 2017 election results.

The declaration of the judicial results was made this morning by Presiding Judge, Justice David Cannings.

Don Polye is the winning candidate of the 2017 General Elections with 22,237 votes while the runner up is Alfred Manase with 21,033 votes.

The declaration will take effect on 19^th April 2021 at 3pm.

Following a motion hearing this morning, the declaration results for the Judicial recount of the Kandep Open seat drags on after presiding Judge Justice David Cannings reserved his decision for this coming Thursday 15^th April

On Wednesday last week, sitting member Alfred Manase filed an application disputing the results of the ordered judicial recount.

Through his submission this morning, he disputed the inclusion of three ballot boxes by the returning officer.

Justice David Cannings made the ruling at 9:30 this morning after returning officer, Reverend Tom Sine failed to bring the completed report.

The Electoral Commission through its lawyer had submitted to adjourn the case as the returning officer was sick and not present in court.

Justice Cannings said the Electoral Commission failed to return the results to the National Court on three occasions and will not grant the application.  He said it was a serious matter.

Hundreds of people gathered at Kii Paiyak’s ceremonial ground, Leptenges, to witness former Opposition Leader Don Pomb Polye and his Kii Paiyak subclan assist fellow Kii subclan, Kiso, with K56,000 cash and 22 pigs in a tei (exchange of pigs and money in Enga). This is to make peace with relatives of two lives lost in a land dispute-related tribal fight between Kii and Karl clans.

The deceased are from Anjin clan in Wabag and Lyarop Aupipi clan in Kandep’s Kambia village, which is located along the border of Enga and Southern Highlands Province.