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Furthermore, we’ll find out which officers have renewed their respective contracts with the Commission this month. Moreover, we cross over to the skills presentation training facilitated by Barbara Yates of Price Water-house Coopers in conjunction with HR. Finally we wish SMSS Samoa Kedea good luck on his leave and find out some activi-ties carried out by the Social Club to raise funds for our Christmas party. With that, happy reading and God Bless you All, Editor.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE PACLII trainees who attended the graduation ceremony at the Gateway Hotel in Port Moresby on the 2nd of October, 2009.

VISION The Ombudsman Commis-sion’s vision is to promote good leadership, good gov-ernance and good leaders.

MISSION The Constitution clearly states the purposes of establishing the Ombudsman Commission: ● To ensure that all govern-mental bodies are responsive to the needs and aspirations of the People; and ● To help in the improvement of the work of governmental bodies and the elimination of unfairness and discrimination by them; and ● To help in the elimination of unfair or otherwise defective legislation and practices af-fecting or administered by governmental bodies; and ● To supervise the enforce-ment of the Leadership Code. This constitutional mandate provides the Ombudsman Commission with its mission.

[Ombudsman Commission Strategic Plan 2005 – 2010]

COMMISSION OFFICERS ATTEND PACLII TRAINING

Hello everyone and welcome to the October edition of the WASDOK Newsletter. The highlight for this month is the PacLII training in which five (5) OC officers and participants from other agencies within the Law and Justice Sector attended. We will also look at newspaper articles within this month about human rights abuses by one of the very group of people who are supposed to be looking after us, the police.

OC officers attend PacLII training

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PacLII graduation day in pictures

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Commission renews officers contracts

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OC officers learn pres-entation skills

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SMSS goes on leave Page 6

Human Rights Abuse by police in PNG

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OC Social club on a roll

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Richard Pagen. Veronica, Antoinette and Judith attended the Basic Training on 29th September 2009, while Rich-ard and Howard attended the Advance training on 01st October 2009.

While the basic training covered the basic search skills, the Advance train-ing covered advanced research skills and the trainees were also introduced to using links to other databases. At the end of each presentation practi-cal questions were given out to train-ees to answer using the newly learned research skills. The awarding of certificates on Friday 02nd October 2009 at 9am was at-tended by CEO’s of the respective agencies. The Guest of Honor, Chief Ombuds-man Chronox Manek, gave the closing speech urging trainees to put to good use their newly acquires skills back in their agencies and pass these skills onto their work colleagues. PacLII provides free access to Pacific Islands public legal information via the internet.

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Commission officers attend PacLII Training Training on how to use The Pacific Island Legal Information Institute (PacLII) resources is a vital part of pro-viding access to law. The Access to Legal Information AMT in conjunction with Pa-cLII recently facili-tated a one day inter-net legal research training session that ran over 3 days at the Daltron Training Centre from 29th of September to 2nd October. Facilitators of this training, Ms Kym Frericks and Ms Ku-riah Pitamama from PacLII office in Vanuatu, assisted by Ms Julie Hulama, Legal Information Development Practitioner (PALJP) Ms Wilma Marakan (DJAG) and Catherine Mamui (OC) who were at the same time coached and mentored to run simi-lar trainings in the future for the sector. The training was aimed at equipping trainees within the sector with the nec-essary skills of internet legal research to improve work performance and out-put at their respective organizations. About 49 officers from the RPNGC, Public Prosecutor; Public Solicitor; Solicitor-General, Attorney-GeneraI, CLRC, NJSS, Magisterial Services, Parliament, Office of Legislative Coun-sel and OC attended and were awarded Certificates of Participation at the end of the training. Five officers from the Ombudsman Commission also attended this training namely; Veronica Kumasan, Antoinette Auo, Judith Sauto, Howard Maliso and

PacLII operates a website (www.paclii.org) that publishes Pacific law materials (case law, legislation, treaties and secondary material) that are relevant to countries in the Pacific

Islands region. All of this material is accessi-ble without restriction and at no cost via the PacLII website, PacLII databases hold 117 databases of pri-mary and secondary public legal information covering 20 countries and territories in the Pacific Islands Region. These countries and ter-ritories are; American Samoa, Cook Islands, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-lands, Federated States

of Micronesia, Federated States of Mi-cronesia, Fiji Islands, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue , New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Marshall Islands, Pitcairn Island, Sa-moa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. PacLII is based at the University of South Pa-cific in Vanuatu. PacLII is part of a worldwide network of Public Legal Information Institutes whose aims include providing free, full and anonymous public access to public legal information via the internet. It aims to create a law library on the Internet, both through databases on PacLII and through tools to improve access to legal information elsewhere on the Internet. The officers who participated in the PacLII training expressed their appre-ciation and acknowledged that it will assist them in their work.

Participants from the LJSS posing for a team opening at the Daltron Training Centre at Carpenters House at Waigani, NCD.

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Left: PacLII trainers Ms Kym Frericks and Ms Kuriah Pita-mama from Pa-cLII office in Vanuatu posing with Chief. Right: Assistant Investigator An-toinette Auo re-ceiving her cer-tificate from Chief at the graduation.

Above: Chief Ombudsman Chronox Manek presenting Ve-ronica Kumasan of ASAU - Leadership with her certificate at the graduation ceremony at the Gateway Hotel.

Below: Team Leader of Unit 2 - Leadership Richard Pagen going through the PacLII website at the Daltron training Centre at Carpenters House. Richard attended the Advance training on 01st October 2009.

Above: Chief Ombudsman Chronox Manek presenting Ju-dith Sauto from Counsel’s of-fice with her certificate at the graduation ceremony at the Gateway Hotel.

Below: Senior Legal Officer Howard Maliso perusing through the PacLII website at the Daltron training Centre at Carpenters House. Howard also attended the Ad-vance training on 01st Octo-ber 2009.

All smiles after the graduation ceremony….. !!!!!!!!!CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!

Guest of Honour Chief Ombudsman Chronox Manek giving his closing remarks at the graduation.

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Commission renews contract for 2 officers

Acting Team Leader - ADHRU ; Patrick Niebo ex-pressing happiness during his contract renewal at the signing ceremony

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Team Leader Unit 3 - Leadership ; Mogu Mubwabwai going through his contracts documents prior to signing

Human Resources Manager Dickson Morehari briefing the officers and the MOC before renewing the contracts for Patrick Niebo and Mogu Mubwabwai

Director - Legal Service Tabitha Suwae, Senior HR Offi-cer Abigail Wariambu and HR Manager Dickson More-hari sorting out the contract renewal documents.

Ombudsman Phoebe Sangetari perusing the documents prior to signing the documents

The Commission has renewed the contracts of two (2) officers whose contracts had expired. They are Acting Team Leader - ADHRU ; Patrick Niebo and Team Leader Unit 3 - Leadership ; Mogu Mubwabwai whose contract renewals were witnessed by Chief Ombudsman Chronox Manek, Ombudsman Phoebe Sange-tari, Secretary Gabe Hekoi, Director - Legal Services Tabitha Suwae, HR Manager Dickson Morehari and Senior HR Officer Abigail Wariambu.

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A Presentation Skills Training was con-vened on the 7th of October 2009 at the OC training room. However it was not completed that week because on 8th October 2009, the Course Facilitator Mrs Barbara Yates was involved in an acci-dent and its completion was postponed until the 19th of October 2009. The Presentation Skills Training basically took the participants through: - • How to make professional prese- ntations

OC officers learn presentation skills

Chief Ombudsman Chronox Manek stressing a point while giving his opening remarks at the beginning of the lengthy ‘Presentation Skills Training’ at the conference room on the 7th of October, 2009.

• How to select the contents of their presentations • How to structure the presentation logically and • How to make the presentation inter- esting for their audience Those who participated in the program in-cluded: 1. Lydia Mulina - Team - Leader GBLP 2. Albert Sambre - Acting Manager PPU 3. Andrew Sea - Senior Investigator Unit 2 Leadership

4. Philip Morris - Senior Investigator - Unit 1 Leadership 5. John Amole - Senior Investigator - Team 7 Complaints 6. Robert Hondi - Senior Investigator Team 6 Complaints 7. Nerol Ilarupa - Senior Investigator Team 9 Complaints 8. Patrick Niebo - Acting Team Leader - ADHRU 9. Roselyn Pochelep - Senior Assessor - ISU Participants were presented with certifi-cates after the training session by Chief Ombudsman Chronox Manek.

Barbara Yates of Price Waterhouse Coopers try-ing of to raise a point to participants

John Amole being congratulated by Chief Chronox Manek as Senior HR Officer Abigail Wariambu looks on during graduation

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Senior Human Re-sources Officer Abigail Wariambu is currently the act-ing HR Manager

The Senior Manager - Support Services (SMSS) Samoa Kedea is currently on 6 weeks leave that commenced on the 19th of October, 2009. He will resume duties on the 1st of December, 2009.His position is being relieved by the Human Resources Manager Dickson Morehari who will be the acting SMSS for the duration of Mr. Kedea’s leave.

Meanwhile, Senior Human Resources Officer Abigail Wariambu will be the acting Human Resources Man-ager also for the same duration. We wish Mr. Kedea a happy leave period and also congratulate Dickson and Abigail on their respective acting appointments and are confident they will hold the fort together.

Left: SMSS Samoa Kedea is currently on leave Right: HR Manager Dickson Morehari is the current acting SMSS.

Chief attends China meet Chief Ombudsman Chronox Manek left PNG for China on the 12th of October, 2009.The Chief was invited by the Regional Anti-Corruption Advisor, Asia Region for the Ameri-can Bar Association to chair a session at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Anti-Corruption Workshop in Beijing, China, from the 14th to the 16th of October 2000. The Chief Ombudsman was accompanied by the Director for CAID (Complaints, Admin-istrative and Investigative Division) Joseph Molita. They returned on Sunday, 18th of October 2009.

The amendments made to the Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments (OLPGLLG) are unconstitutional and Sections 10 (3) (b) and (c) of the (OLPGLLG) must be restored to their original status prior to the amendments. Counsel for the Commission Mr. Vergil Narokobi submit-ted this to the Supreme Court on Monday, 26th of Octo-ber 2009. “The amendments, in essence, infringe on the Constitution which calls for equal participation by every citizen and equal distribution of goods and services right down to the rural population,” Counsel Narokobi argued before the five - Judge Bench. Mr. Narokobi submitted that the amendments were incon-sistent with “the letter and spirit of sections 187C (1), (2) and (3) of the Constitution”. He further stressed that the amendments made in 2006 which came into force in 2007 conferred the position of deputy governor on a Member of the National Parliament representing an Open Electorate.

“The issue is whether the amendments made to repeal sections 10(3) (b) and (c) of the OLPGLLG in removing presidents of L-lG members of the provincial assembly and presidents of L-lG’s as deputy governors and one representative to represent the heads of both urban au-thorities and urban councils as member of the provincial assembly are contrary to the requirements of Section 187C (2) (a) of the Constitution to have an elective or mainly elective legislature” Counsel Narokobi submit-ted. The Ombudsman Commission is seeking a Supreme Court reference pursuant to the Constitution, section 19, in the matter of Sections 1 and 2 of the Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments (Amendment No. 10) Law 2006.

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Human Rights Abuse by policeman becoming a norm

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Wednesday 14th October, 2009

Thursday 15th October, 2009

Thursday 15th October, 2009

A young man, a student in one of the universities, was one day taking a walk with a professor, who was commonly called the students' friend for his kindness to those who waited on his instructions. As they went along, they saw lying in the path a pair of old shoes, which were supposed to belong to a poor man who was working in a field close by, and who had nearly finished his day's work . . . Student turned to the professor, saying: "Let us play the man a trick: We will hide his shoes, and hide ourselves behind those bushes, and wait to see his perplexity when he cannot find them ..." "My young friend," answered the professor, "We should never amuse ourselves at the expense of the poor . . . But you are rich, and may give yourself a much greater pleasure by means of this poor man. Put a coin in each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch how this affects him.. The student did so and they both placed them-selves behind the bushes close by. The poor man soon finished his work, and came across the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes. While putting on his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes, but feeling something hard, he stooped down to feel what it was, and found the coin. Astonishment and wonder were seen upon his countenance.

He gazed upon the coin, turned it around and looked at it again and again. He then looked around him on all sides, but no person was to be seen. He now put the money into his pocket, and proceeded to put on the other shoe; but his surprise was doubled on finding the other coin . . . His feelings overcame him . . . He fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven and uttered aloud a fervent thanksgiv-ing in which he spoke of his wife, sick and helpless, and his children without bread, whom this timely bounty, from some unknown hand, would save from perishing .The stu-dent stood there deeply affected, and his eyes filled with tears. "Now," said the professor, are you not much better pleased than if you had played your intended trick?" The youth replied, "You have taught me a lesson which I will never forget. I feel now the truth of these words, which I n e v e r u n d e r s t o o d b e f o r e : "It's more blessed to give than to receive." Hope this message will bless you as much as it did me!!

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Romata Geno, a LEGAL TRAINING Institute (LTI) trainee student who was attached with the Commission with the Office of Counsel for a period of three (3) weeks recently completed her practical attachment. Her last day at Office was on Friday 9th October, 2009. Chief Ombudsman Chronox Manek, Ombudsman Phoebe Sangetari and Director - Legal Services Tabitha Suwae thanked Ms. Geno for her time with the Commission and presented her with an ‘Administrative Law’ textbook signed by the Chief and Ombudsman Sangetari. “You are always welcome back to the Commission as you have seen and experienced what is like working with the Commission first handed ,” echoed Chief Manek. He fur-ther urged Ms. Geno to be a role model in society and to pursue whatever dreams she had as there are no stumbling blocks if we work harder to achieve our aims and goals.

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The winner of the Meat Tray Raffle draw that took place last week was Judith Sauto who took the full meat tray home to enjoy with her family over the weekend after purchasing a ticket for only K2.00. As we are heading towards the festive season, the Social Club committee is doing its best to raise more funds by way of selling beverages and hot dogs every Friday afternoon at the lunch room so please do join in

if you have not been aware. With the help of the executive committee and it’s committee members, the club is currently in a sound financial position with a balance of more than K6,000.00 and looks forward to raising more money for the OC staff members and their family and friends to enjoy the Christmas Party…….

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Another officer currently on the twin-ning program at the Commonwealth Ombudsman Office in Canberra is Ca-millus Gagma. Sharon Haihavu is at-tending the Victorian Bar Readers course in Melbourne and is expected back on the 19th of November while Camillus Gagma is also on a twinning program and is expected back in the country on the 20th of November.

Chief Manek and Ombudsman Sangetari presenting the ‘Administrative Law’ textbook to Romata Geno

Social Club Committee Robert Hondi and Julie Menei presenting the meat tray to the ‘winner’ Judith Sauto

Some advise from Secretary Hekoi before Laniet’s departure

Team Leader for ISU, Laniet Tokiala is currently on a twinning program this month in Canberra with the Common-wealth Ombudsman Office in Canberra, Australia. She left Port Moresby for Canberra on the 7th of October, 2009 and is expected back in the country on the 6th of December, 2009 after a two (2) month stint.