“Mr Speaker, it appears to be forged, it appears to be forged. The signature on face value that I see now is certainly not mine, certainly not mine Mr Speaker. And the letter the way it is structured is certainly not the way I write letters or my staff write letters, Mr Speaker. The letter is addressed to the Treasurer and then it is ‘attentioned’ to Mr Gibson and then it says ‘Dear Sir’; Mr Speaker it said ‘Dear Sir’. Every time my letter comes out from my office it’s other ‘My Dear Minister’ or ‘My Dear Secretary’,” the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Hon. Peter O’Neill informed the Speaker Hon. Theo Zurenuoc at the end of May this year. The purportedly forged letter dated 24, January 2012 bearing the official emblem and the Prime Ministers signature was addressed to the Minister for Finance and Treasury, Hon Don Polye. The stamp in the top right hand corner of the allegedly forged letter reads ‘Prime Minister’ and indicates that it was ‘Received’ by the Minister’s office three days later. The letter purportedly signed by Peter O’Neill reads: “Despite appropriate Ministerial and political directives, it appears Paraka Lawyers outstanding legal fees have not been cleared fully. Whilst I understand that these were due to budgetary constraints last year, the Department of Finance should not delay any further in settling this outstanding liability. Paraka Lawyers is a large national Legal firm that has huge operational expenses to settle and operate. It is therefore my direction that appropriate warrants be released out of the 2012 Budgetary allocations for Court Orders/legal fees and have all the outstanding legal bills owed to Paraka Lawyers settled forthwith. You are therefore directed to liaise with the Treasury Secretary and have this directive implemented forthwith without any delay.”
Posted on: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 21:44:07 +0000
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