ABUSE OF OFFICE AND POLITICAL BLACKMAIL IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Papua New Guinea now stands at a dangerous crossroads — a nation where the instruments of law and order have been weaponized by those sworn to uphold them....

It is now painfully clear that Prime Minister James Marape and Police Commissioner David Manning have turned key state institutions into private tools of blackmail, intimidation, and political manipulation.

Instead of protecting justice and democracy, they have created a shadow network of control — using investigations, arrests, and state resources to silence, threaten, and dominate fellow leaders....

THE GLORIA SALIKA BARGAIN — A COLLUSION OF POWER

At the heart of this scandal lies the Gloria Salika case — a criminal investigation into the Chief Justice’s own daughter, Gloria Francesca Salika, who was formally charged for money laundering, misappropriation, and conspiracy to defraud, involving funds from Western Province landowners....

Police financial tracing revealed that part of those stolen funds were transferred into an account belonging to Chief Justice Sir Gibbs Gibuna Salika....

When this evidence reached Police Commissioner David Manning, he allegedly briefed Prime Minister Marape....

But instead of ordering the police to act, Marape instructed Manning to stand down, effectively burying the case...

That single decision became Marape’s ultimate leverage — the tool of blackmail that silenced the Chief Justice...

In return for Marape’s protection of Gloria Salika, the Chief Justice refused to entertain Marape’s three written letters to former Finance Deputy Secretary Jacob Yafai , which had authorised illegal payments to Paul Paraka Lawyers— the very scandal that could have exposed Marape’s own hands...

A BARGAIN FOR SILENCE THAT CORRUPTED JUSTICE

This bargain for silence has infected the highest seat of justice...

It explains why Paul Tiensten was sent to Bomana Prison for ten years over a mere footnote, yet James Marape walked free after signing three (3) written payments directives--an injustice that stains the judiciary itself..

This is no coincidence...

This is collusion--a criminal web of protection where justice is traded for Political safety...

BLACKMAIL AS A POLITICAL WEAPON..

The many many land deal was maliciously reopened by commissioner Manning, not for justice but to threaten Minister William Duma...

The PNG games funds investigation was selectively reviewed to corner Governor William Powi...

A serious file involving Goroka MP Aiya Tambua has been deliberately suppressed while Deputy PM John Rosso , Rainbo Paita and former PM, Peter O'Neill have been targets of covert investigations controlled directly from Police headquarters...

This calculated pattern of selective prosecution, political intimidation and abuse of investigative Power is a direct threat to democracy..

What was once a justice system is now a machinery of blackmail and extortion , run from the highest office of the Government...

A NATION HELD HOSTAGE BY BLACKMAIL

PNG must wake up now to the reality that Prime Minister James Marape and Police commissioner Mr David Manning have created a dangerous network of blackmail--- targeting fello leaders , senior bureaucrats and political figures to maintain control and Power..

This is no longer about Law and order --it is about Political Survival through fear, intimidation and manipulation..

The Government built on blackmail cannot stand on the foundation of justice..

If this Government continued unchecked, PNG democracy will collapse under the weight of its own corruption...