Friday, July 31, 2020

Pacific Anti-Corruption Updates (22 May 2020): PNG, Fiji, Vanuatu

PNG:  

ICAC Bill Briefing. The Parliamentary Committee was briefed yesterday on the Independent Commission Against Corruption bill before it goes to Parliament next month. http://www.looppng.com/png-news/icac-bill-briefing-92279  

  

PNG minister suing Australian Financial Review for defamation over allegation of corruption. Action comes over articles Papua New Guinea commerce minister William Duma says imply he was corrupt 

  

PNG and Covid-19: The costs of economic stress. Having witnessed decades of under-development alongside massive resource projects, there is nothing that incenses Papua New Guineans more than the suspicion or knowledge that their lives are stricken by hardship because of high-level corruption. 
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/png-covid19-costs-economic-stress
  

   

  

FIJI:  

8 people allegedly involved in the $407,000 procurement scam granted bail. 2 former Nasinu Town Council employees and 6 executives from 4 companies appeared in the Nasinu Magistrates Court today for allegedly defrauding the council of more than $407,000. 

    

Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption begins investigation on Members of Parliament Ms. Namosimalua in her complaint, said that some Members of Parliament were claiming travel and meal allowance they were not entitled to.  

  

 

VANUATU:  

On running for elections in Vanuatu as a woman Support for women to run for elections needs to move out of workshops in lavish hotels in Port Vila and instead get down to the constituencies to encourage the grassroots to resist bribery and vote for women. 

 

 

 

To know more about the UN Pacific Regional Anti-Corruption Project please contact the team members: 

Annika Wythes, Regional Anti-Corruption Adviser, UNODC, annika.wythes@un.org 

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