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Gov. Agiru threatening XOM - Tree - 05-03-2013
Posted at 02:01 on 02 May, 2013 UTC
An NGO in Papua New Guinea which monitors ExxonMobil’s LNG project has encouraged the developer not to rely on the state to ensure the project proceeds on schedule.
Stanley Mamu of LNG Watch says that frustrations with the project have reached a head in Hela province and could erupt in a way that derails the venture.
Hela’s Governor Anderson Agiru has given ExxonMobil and the government a 30 day ultimatum to address their contractual obligations in Hela or face legal action.
Mr Mamu says the developer must deal directly with Hela landowners over its commitments before the start of gas production next year.
“Before that, Exxon needs to go back and study the history of Bougainville Copper Limited (relating to the Bougainville conflict) - the state, the landowner and Bougainville Copper Limited - and find out who was the winner of that battle. I refer to that because if they can’t issue a positive response to that within thirty days then that 19 billion US dollars which was spent on the PNG LNG project will be wasted.”
Stanley Mamu
RE: Gov. Agiru threatening XOM - Tree - 05-03-2013
Posted at 07:16 on 02 May, 2013 UTC
A former police commissioner in Papua New Guinea says the police who have been deployed to the Liquefied Natural Gas project site are acting more as security guards for the developer’s employees rather than serving the public.
Gari Baki now works with a private security company at ExxonMobil’s LNG site in Hela province.
As police commissioner Mr Baki signed a memorandum of understanding that resulted in the deployment of police there with the intention of providing services to the community living in the vicinity of the project.
But he says the police are confined to the site and operate under the direction of the company.
“Once you get tangled down on somebody else’s responsibility and you’re not performing your primary functions as defined by the constitution then we’ve lost the plot. If there is nothing put properly in place it can develop into something much bigger than anyone can think of.”
Gari Baki says outside of the project site there are only three police to nearly 30,000 people in the Komo region.
He says the government needs to intervene and resource police properly so they can deal with growing lawlessness in the area.
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No wonder O'Neill wants to bring back Firing Squads.
RE: Gov. Agiru threatening XOM - ArtM72 - 05-03-2013
Maybe the precise reason why Potape went home and yet another reason why XOM is interested in E/A. O'Neil certainly has his hands full. So much resource, so few resources.