Pacific Anti-Corruption Updates (Friday, 6 May 2016)
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From
the UN Pacific Regional Anti-Corruption (UN-PRAC) Project, a joint four-year
initiative of the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations
Office on Drugs and Crime, with support from the Australian Government. Updates
shared by Annika Wythes, Luisa Senibulu, Samita Singh, and Mihaela
Stojkoska.
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Solomon Islands:
Prendergast welcomes
Anti-Corruption Bill. Police Commissioner
Frank Prendergast has welcomed the Anti-Corruption Bill 2016.
Bill protects
whistleblowers. People wishing to remain
anonymous while giving information to the media are covered under the
Whistleblowers Protection bill 2016.
Civil Society supports
anti-corruption efforts. Thirty-six local
civil society leaders and Government officials met in the capital, Honiara on
Monday to learn about transparency and accountability, as well as the
Government’s efforts to prevent and fight corruption.
PM withdraws Anti-Corruption
Bill. The Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare
was due to table the Anti-Corruption Bill in the legislature this week.
PNG:
Police Commissioner Baki faces
contempt. National Fraud Squad boss Chief
Superintendent Matthew Damaru has filed a motion for contempt against Papua New
Guinea Police Commissioner Gari Baki.
PM O'Neill should submit to
law. Former Prime Minister Sir Mekere says
“Prime Minister Peter O’Neill should allow the National Fraud and
Anti-Corruption Directorate to take up his challenge to find whether there is
evidence or not that he benefitted financially from the Paraka scandal,”
Opposition leader Polye’s
election results set aside. Papua New Guinea
National Court Monday set aside the election results declaring the Opposition
Leader Don Polye as a Member of Parliament.
Logging companies resist
conservation efforts. A Papua New Guinea
Forest official says logging companies are continuing to resist conservation
policies put in place by the government.
Vanuatu:
Vanuatu continues to stand up to
corruption. Senior Government Officials met
in the capital, Port Vila today to discuss recent anti-corruption measures
taken by Vanuatu and efforts that could be taken to further strengthen
measures, including having a National Anti-Corruption Policy.
Vanuatu PM shows commitment
towards FOI Bill. Vanuatu Prime Minister
Charlot Salwai has declared his stand in the role of media and is supportive
towards seeing that the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill is passed in
Parliament this year.
For more
information about the UN-PRAC Project, please get in touch with:
Annika
Wythes, Anti-Corruption Adviser - Pacific, UNODC, annika.wythes@unodc.org
Luisa
Senibulu, Governance Programme Associate, UNDP/UNODC, luisa.senibulu@undp.org
Samita Singh,
Programme Assistant - Anti-Corruption, UNDP/UNODC, samita.singh@undp.org