PNG Citizens abroad do not have to ask Permission to come home - Illegal Marape restrictions on Travel : O'Neill
Former Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has called out James Marape on the illegal ban he has imposed on Papua New Guineans that is preventing them from returning home under the false pretence of the State of Emergency.
“Marape has made spiteful and childish comments that I am not in Papua New Guinea, and this is a petty double standard,” Mr. O’Neill said.
“Just like hundreds, if not thousands of Papua New Guinean citizens and residents, I have been kept from my home as our country has fallen into the status of a police state.
“When Marape banned Papua New Guineans from returning home he violated our own constitution, and he broke international law under which every country has a duty to ensure that the well-being and rights of their citizens are protected and that they have the right to return home.
“On behalf of all Papua New Guinean citizens and residents who are being kept out, we demand this government respect international law and let everyone have free access to come home.
“Papua New Guinea should not be a dictatorship where the government decides who can come home and who cannot come home. No Papua New Guinean citizen or legal resident should have to go begging to David Manning, who will seek permission from Marape, to ask to come back to our home country.
“The day this illegal restriction is removed I will be on the next plane home.
“I look forward to being back in the arms of our people, which is something I know Marape is afraid of because of the mess and mismanagement he has overseen.
“He knows that I will be home, that I will be in Parliament, and that I will take him to task for his failures and the damage he has brought upon our country and the way he has mislead our Parliamentary colleagues.
“Marape must now grant permission for Air Niugini to accept bookings from all citizens.”
Peter O’Neill said the illegal ban on citizens and residents also exposes the government to costly legal action.
“Any of our people who have been illegally denied the right to return home can sue for the breach of their fundamental rights to return as citizens, for the harm that comes with them being forced to remain unlawfully in a foreign country, and the psychological and emotional distress and costs incurred to remain abroad.
“Myself and other Members of Parliament will pay our own way home, but any of our people who have to pay higher fares can demand the government meet the difference for prices that have been forced up so high, and for the two week hotel costs when they arrive home.”
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“Marape has made spiteful and childish comments that I am not in Papua New Guinea, and this is a petty double standard,” Mr. O’Neill said.
“Just like hundreds, if not thousands of Papua New Guinean citizens and residents, I have been kept from my home as our country has fallen into the status of a police state.
“When Marape banned Papua New Guineans from returning home he violated our own constitution, and he broke international law under which every country has a duty to ensure that the well-being and rights of their citizens are protected and that they have the right to return home.
“On behalf of all Papua New Guinean citizens and residents who are being kept out, we demand this government respect international law and let everyone have free access to come home.
“Papua New Guinea should not be a dictatorship where the government decides who can come home and who cannot come home. No Papua New Guinean citizen or legal resident should have to go begging to David Manning, who will seek permission from Marape, to ask to come back to our home country.
“The day this illegal restriction is removed I will be on the next plane home.
“I look forward to being back in the arms of our people, which is something I know Marape is afraid of because of the mess and mismanagement he has overseen.
“He knows that I will be home, that I will be in Parliament, and that I will take him to task for his failures and the damage he has brought upon our country and the way he has mislead our Parliamentary colleagues.
“Marape must now grant permission for Air Niugini to accept bookings from all citizens.”
Peter O’Neill said the illegal ban on citizens and residents also exposes the government to costly legal action.
“Any of our people who have been illegally denied the right to return home can sue for the breach of their fundamental rights to return as citizens, for the harm that comes with them being forced to remain unlawfully in a foreign country, and the psychological and emotional distress and costs incurred to remain abroad.
“Myself and other Members of Parliament will pay our own way home, but any of our people who have to pay higher fares can demand the government meet the difference for prices that have been forced up so high, and for the two week hotel costs when they arrive home.”
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