Radio New Zealand: The Papua New Guinea university student leader who led a protest last week over the controversial Judicial Conduct Act dismisses claims by the Attorney General Allan Marat that the action is prompted by students from Enga Province.

Dr Marat says the bill, rushed through Parliament last week, will better define the role and conduct of judges.

It follows repeated efforts by the government to suspend Chief Justice Sir Salamo Injia, who is from Enga.

Sunday 25 March 2012 15:40

Source: PNG Perspective

Alexander Rheeney

Papua New Guinean student protestors and civil society are looking at their options after Prime Minister Peter O’Neill refused to get parliament to repeal the controversial Judicial Conduct Act.

Among the options being considered is a nationwide stopwork by workers in both the government and private sectors and sit-in protests by students at PNG's main universities in Port Moresby, Lae, Goroka, Madang and Rabaul.

From The Masalai Blog

By JEFFREY ELAPA and ISAAC NICHOLAS

The National, Monday 26th March 2012

CHIEF Secretary Manasupe Zurenuoc said students rallying to protest the passing of the Judicial Conduct Bill last Friday were exercising their rights and praised them for their good conduct and behaviour during the event.

“You have the right to respond  ... and I must thank (NCD police chief Andy) Bawa for being cooperative and allowing all you to march.”

Our Pacific Ways

Hats off to the students of the University of Papua New Guinea who on Friday showed their disagreement on the new Judicial Conduct Bill. 

They marched down the street of Port Moresby to the parliament house and presented their petition to Secretary Manasupe Zurenuoc as Papua New Guineans expressed their support through mobile phone messages that flooded the students phones.

The new bill gives government the power to suspend judges.

ABC news

The University of PNG student body, led by it's Student Representative Counsel, staged a peaceful protest march in Port Moresby, today.

In response to PNG Parliament's controversial passing of the Judicial Conduct Act 2012, which places absolute powers in the hands of parliament to discipline judges, the Student Representative Council, sanctioned a protest march to the National Parliament for the reversal of the law. Several thousand students and supporters converged on the streets of Port Moresby in a show of solidarity against a bad law.