Sir John Thomas Pundari condemns election violence in Enga
Sir John Pundari speaking from Enga said the recent spate of unprovoked criminal activities carried out by a few known candidates in Kompiam Ambum has resulted in vital government properties worth millions of kina being destroyed.
Sir John Thomas Pundari condemns election violence in Enga [Photo burning infrastructure in Kompiam/Photo by Teddy Piagari/fb]
Pundari has called on all political leaders from Enga to work together as leaders of the Province to address the election related violence that is tearing the province apart and has left many families displaced.
“We cannot blame the Electoral Commission and security personnel for criminal activities carried out by candidates or supporters. We need to come out clear and condemn these acts in the strongest possible terms.
“My district has lost Government properties worth hundreds of millions of Kina and I am shattered for my people and the public servants who have fled to seek refuge.”
“Kompiam Ambum never experienced such violence in the past election years.”
“This disease of violence and destruction has been introduced by power hungry individuals with sinister motives against the Liberal Party and my people’s rights to express themselves in the democratic process.”
“The state assets that have gone down in flames will take time to rebuild; and I grieve for the future of our younger generation, who are tomorrow’s leaders and elites of the district. They are now deprived of their rights to education and other basic government services.”
“We cannot blame the Electoral Commission and security personnel for criminal activities carried out by our candidates or supporters. We need to discipline them and condemn their actions.”
“The sick attitude of blame game and cover up statements through media to score political points must stop. The people need us, as their leaders to provide appropriate leadership during this time of chaos and violence in the Province and our people need us to show the true color of our leadership.”
“The People’s Party founder, Governor Peter Ipatas is a part of the current Marape Government and cannot continue to blame the government which he is a part of, by shifting blame to the EC or the Police.”
“๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.“ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ข ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐. “๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐ซ’๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ.”
Sir John who is in Enga said that if there was any complaint of ballot box hijacking, leaders and candidates should know there is a process in place for dispute.
“Where is their evidence? Hearsay is not evidence. They need to present evidence to the Electoral Commission and not through violence and destruction by use of guns and criminal acts.”
“๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฌ. ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง๐-๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐๐ฅ๐.”
“My supporters and I will cooperate and support investigations into these atrocities conducted by police after the elections.”
Sir John said that these people who have caused destruction of state assets and terrorized the people are nothing short of criminals. They must be investigated and arrested by the police.”
“Leaders supporting such violence must be ashamed of ourselves. There is no justification of any kind for this behaviour. From reports I received from my Scrutineers, generally polling was conducted well in most of the wards in my electorate thanks to the Electoral Commission and the security forces.
“I feel for my people who have lost lives and properties in this unprovoked and unexpected conflict we were not prepared for. Our call for support from the security forces fell short. We also understand that the security forces were stretched and could not do much.”
“During these difficult times of sorrow and pain, I pray for the innocent mothers and children who have been displaced and traumatized.”
“I also thank those who are keeping us in their prayers. Only God knows from the beginning to the end; and will ensure justice is done to the people of Kompiam Ambum.”
“The situation is highly volatile and it is unsafe to count in Enga, therefore I humbly ask the EC to consider counting outside of the Province and consider each district and their election related issues on a case by case basis.”
Sir John Pundari concluded by saying, “A lie today will be destroyed by the truth tomorrow.”
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