Transparency International PNG (TIPNG)

MP’s Must Follow Anti-Bribery Laws

“Our Members and each of us must be urgently reminded of the provisions pertaining to Bribery within the Criminal Code Act 1974,” said the Chairman of TIPNG, Lawrence Stephens.

Stephens stated that Sections 61 and 62 of the Act clearly outline that bribery of Members of Parliament involves, “attempts, directly or indirectly, by fraud, threats or intimidation of any kind, to influence a Member of the Parliament in his vote, opinion, judgement or action on any such question or matter, or to induce him to so absent himself.”

TIPNG: MPs must follow anti-bribery laws

Chairman of TIPNG, Lawrence Stephens, said Sections 61 and 62 of the Criminal Code Act 1974 clearly outlines that bribery of Members of Parliament involves, “attempts, directly or indirectly, by fraud, threats or intimidation of any kind, to influence a member of the Parliament in his vote, opinion, judgement or action on any such question or matter, or to induce him to so absent himself”.

“Our Members and each of us must be urgently reminded of the provisions pertaining to Bribery within the Act.

Perpetrators need to be brought to justice.

Chairman of TIPNG, Lawrence Stephens said amongst the students that had been sent back home were students of neighbouring countries cajoled into believing that Papua New Guinea offers a good environment for study.

“But we must not forget the reason behind the students' protest and the ongoing civil unrest," said Stephens.

Stephens said the reasons are:

TIPNG says laws of PNG apply to all

Chairman of TIPNG, Lawrence Stephens made the call for all responsible agencies and agents of the nation to step up to the challenges.

 “We have the public records and reports of numerous Commissions of Inquiry (CoI) . Recommendations have been made that named individuals should be referred to the police fraud squad for investigation.

TIPNG: Fraud & Anti-corruption directorate must be reopened

Chairman of TIPNG, Lawrence Stephens made this call following the locking down of the Fraud office upon directions from the Police Commissioner.

Stephens said Baki should refrain from giving instructions to police officers which would, if obeyed, expose them to the risk of being charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice.

PNG ranked 139th most corrupt country

This was revealed today in a report by Transparency International PNG (TIPNG) at the Ela Beach Hotel in Port Moresby.

PNG is ranked 139 out of a 168 countries and territories. PNG was ranked 145 out of 175 in the 2014 CPI.

Chairman for TIPNG, Lawrence Stephens said the 2015 CPI showed PNG had scored 25 on a corruption scale of a 100 with 0 (being highly corrupt) and 100 (being very clean).

PNG has scored 25 for the last 4 years since 2012.