Friday, 28 March 2025
Prime Minister James Marape has indicated that his legal team will pursue a case against local newspaper Post Courier over its reports on Wednesday, March 26th, 2025.
The paper had the headline "Paraka Payment 'Scam'" , where Member for Sinasina Yonggomugl and Opposition strongman, Kerenga Kua, testified in court that Marape, who was then Finance Minister, pressured staff in the department to make payments to Paraka Lawyers.
The revelation to sue Post Courier was made today by the Prime Minister after returning from an official visit to New Zealand.
There were other inferences also made on the newspapers front page story which has raised concerns.
Marape is considering to file complaints that the matter before the court was being used by Post Courier to conduct media trial and stirring unnecessary insinuations.
He says this amounted to contempt of court.
The Prime Minister has also made it clear that he will not step down or resign from the office as per calls peddled on social media.
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