State rests its case in Bryan Kramer leadership tribunal

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State rests its case in Bryan Kramer leadership tribunal

PORT MORESBY: The State yesterday (Dec 5, 2022) rests its case in a leadership tribunal looking into 12 allegations of misconduct of office against suspended Madang MP Bryan Kramer.

Public prosecutor Pondros Kluwin called investigating officer Senior Constable Kila Tali to provide evidence and to explain where there was a tick on one of the boxes on the arrest warrant for former prime minister Peter O’Neill in 2020.

Tali said he ticked one of the boxeswhen he got the Warrant from the court registry.

He said it was important to tick the box to indicate the warrant was to be executed.

The tribunal proceedings were reported by The National:

State closes case against Kramer

December 6, 2022The NationalMain Stories

STATE has closed its case in a leadership tribunal looking into allegations of misconduct of office against suspended Madang MP Bryan Kramer.
Public prosecutor Pondros Kaluwin called police investigating officer Senior Constable Kila Tali to provide evidence and to explain why there was a tick on one of the boxes on the arrest warrant for former prime minister Peter O’Neill in 2020.
Tali said he ticked one of the boxes on the warrant of arrest when he got it from the court registry.
He said it was important to tick the box to indicate the warrant was to be executed.
Kramer, in cross examination, asked Tali whose advice he acted on when he made the application to withdraw the warrant.
Tali said he acted on the advice of the police legal service office and that they were the ones who prepared the documents and supporting affidavit for the withdrawal.
Kaluwin said the State had called 14 witnesses, including Chief Ombudsman Richard Pagen, former legal director for police (now a magistrate at the Waigani District Court) Paul Puri Nii, National Procurement Commission chief executive officer Simon Bole, Chief Justice Sir Gibbs Salika, Justice Nicholas Miviri, lawyer George Lau, former acting clerk of Waigani Committal Court Sarah Amet and Tali.
There were 14 allegations initially raised against Kramer, however, prosecutors abandoned two.
The tribunal will determine Kramer’s culpability on the remaining 12 allegations of misconduct in office.
Three allegations relate to social media publications purportedly scandalising the judiciary, namely the conduct of Sir Gibbs, in suggesting a conflict of interest.
Other allegations against Kramer relate to decisions made by the Madang development authority to establish its own companies to deliver services.
The matter returns on Thursday.

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