The Waigani Supreme Court has delivered a strong warning against the abuse of legal processes, dismissing an attempt to prematurely derail one of the most closely watched constitutional cases in recent years.
A full seven-man bench unanimously threw out an application by Justice Minister and Attorney-General Pila Niningi, who sought to have the case struck out on competency grounds. The judges ruled that the application was an abuse of process, noting that a similar objection had already been dismissed earlier.
“The court will not allow the process to be misused in this manner,” the bench stated, stressing that repeated and untimely objections only serve to delay justice and undermine the integrity of the judiciary.
At the heart of the matter is a Section 18 constitutional reference filed by the Opposition Leader on the legality of the government’s massive Connect PNG Program.
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