Hon Sam Basil's hopefull preferance of service delivery

Reuben Mete

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During the Election Campaign period, Bulolo MP Hon Sam Basil Campaigns that if he successfully retain the Bulolo Open Seat, he would deliver service acording to the preferences of votes he got. He as describe the Election as "Thomas Election" for the people of Bulolo. If his preferances were to be implemented, the Bulolo District Joint District Budget Priority Planning Committy (JDBPPC) priorities would look something like this with referance to the election outcome.

SN	Count No.	SB % Scored	Polling Place
01	41	96.13	Yenina, Anandia, Koroma, Tekadu
02	05	95.59	Baini P/S, Pidi
03	19	91.09	Rarl, Dawong, Lomalom, Bulandem, Chimburuk
04	42	88.37	Gorua,Kembaka, Nako, Wisini, Tori
05	38	87.90	Kuduru, Winima, Samuna, Werewere
06	37	82.59	Green Gill, Kaisinik PS, Kaisinik Vill, Biawen
07	26	81.28	Manga, Beamatu, Zeri, Kwasang, Jamondanga
08	17	77.74	Kumalu Elem, Kamox, Mumengtain, Yengen
09	03	75.65	Ngusi, Kasangare, Wisi, Sumu
10	04	75.55	Bapi, Popoya, Garaina Stn
11	30	75.24	Gumots, Piu, Dambi, Dangal
12	11	74.56	Bugiau, Wagau, Aiyayok, Mambumb, Moniau
13	02	71.76	Gaitaipa, Kasuma, Garawaria, Gusuwe
14	35	69.42	Bupu Bri. Bundun, Wafi Base, Zindanga P/S, Bawaga
15	20	67.49	DAL Stn, Nemnem, Weri Plantation
16	21	67.44	Mapos 1&2, Segaiyo,Pepekene, Tokanen
17	34	67.12	Hidden Valley, Watut LLG
18	27	66.73	Sambio P/S, Matom Tr, Baiune A/Post, Yansom Tr.
19	25	65.58	Andarora, Watut LLG Stn
20	31	64.56	Bitoi Babtist Ch, Namasali, Sansy Creek
21	16	64.06	Pamalambus, Patep Munanuing, Old Mumeng Stn
22	32	62.23	Society, Mangi Tawa
23	23	61.03	Gawapu, Kebi, Malangta P/S, Siapan
24	14	58.99	WBTA, ADO Comp, Wau Dist. Office
24	28	58.96	Nayeakes, Gwasak P/S, Mengalau
26	09	56.08	Timini, Gurako, Patep Maumba
27	06	55.75	M/Bokis, Pinetop, M/Booth, Kobiak, Maus Kuranga
28	15	55.49	9 Block, Sawdust, Wau Sec School
29	12	53.22	St. Peters P/S, Paradise Camp
30	36	49.43	Pokaluma, Venembeli, Wafi Base
31	33	49.40	Nauti, Ekopa, Watut LLG
32	24	47.17	Yawaipo, Sapanda, Kaumanga
33	08	43.74	New Camp, Water Supply
34	07	41.90	Bultech, CNGT, WBULLG
35	39	37.95	Tiaura, Titio, Garasa Stn, Au
36	13	34.12	St. Peter P/S, C/Centre, Nat. Forest
37	40	30.91	Kuduru, Winima, Samuna, Werewere
38	22	28.04	Menhi, Hawata, Pararoa, Gumi
39	10	26.06	Petep Br, Zepa P/S, Zenag Stn
40	01	19.35	Saiko, Moino, Arabuka
41	29	19.15	Ayalta, Manganis, Eddie Creek
42	18	16.26	Nami, 4 Mile, Wau Ecology

Election Results of Bulolo Open Electorate in 2012 Election

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Election 2012 Outcome in Bulolo Open Electorate, Morobe Province

Pos.	Candidate	Box No	Votes
01	Sam Basil	28	24, 954
02	John Muingnepe	26	3, 434
03	Samuel Manoah	15	2, 582
04	Bou Fulufu Bisa	13	2, 170
05	Samson Napo	18	1,789
06	Max Giamiti	12	880
07	Leonard Brian	11	879
08	Barnabas P. Gwake	17	775
09	Morokoi J. Gaiwata	10	726
10	Yaling Aqo	24	722
11	William Yakamsa	25	662
12	Paatrick T. Bendumb	20	643
13	Zipporah Bendumb	14	600
14	Melkom Judas	16	356
15	Jeffrey Kipi	27	304
17	Pastta Y. Yawip	22	278
18	Natawio Manas	19	163
19	Sauaro Borea	21	92

Knowing your Ministers, 2012 - 2017

CABINET PORTFOLIOS:

Peter O'Neill – Prime Minister

Leo Dion – Deputy Prime Minister; Inter-Government Relations.
Don Polye – Treasurer
James Marape - Finance
Charles Abel - National Planning
Loujaya Toni - Religion, Youth and Community Development.
Ben Micah - Public Enterprises and State Investment
Rimbink Pato - Foreign Affairs and Immigration
Education - Paru Aihi
Michael Malabag - Health and HIV-AIDS
Patrick Pruaitch - Forests and Climate Change
Ano Pala – Transport
Tommy Tomscoll - Agriculture and Livestock
Sir Puka Temu - Public Service
John Pundari - Environment and Conservation
David Arore - Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology
Kerenga Kua - Justice and Attorney-General
Fabian Pok – Defence
William Duma - Petroleum and Energy
Paul Isikiel - Housing and Urban Development
Boka Kondra - Tourism, Arts and Culture
Richard Maru – Trade, Commerce and Industry
Justin Tkatchenko - Sports and Pacific Games
Mark Maipakai - Labour and Industrial Relations
Nixon Duban – Police
Mao Zeming - Fisheries and Marine Resources
Jim Samatab - Correctional Service
Jim Miringtoro - Communication and Information Technology
Byron Chan – Mining
Francis Awesa - Works and Implementation
Steven Kama - Autonomous Regions
Benny Allen - Lands and Physical Planning
Davis Steven - Civil Aviation

BASIL CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO EXPOSE ELECTIONS FUNDING

Media Statement
Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Bulolo MP Hon Sam Basil today called for all political parties especially Prime Minister Peter O’Neill’s Peoples National Congress Party to publicly reveal their total election funding and their funding sources.

“Mr O’Neill as parliamentary leader of PNC must lead the way in telling the nation how much...

– and from what sources – his political party solicited funds to go to the 2012 National Elections,” the Bulolo MP said.

Mr Basil who is also Deputy Parliamentary Leader of Papua New Guinea Party (PNG Party), said that PNG Party has “right from day one indicated that K30 million was spent for the 2012 National Elections” with most of these coming from parliamentary leader and Vanimo-Green MP Belden Namah’s business interests.

Referring to Post-Courier’s page 3 report today (August 8), Mr Basil said:
“If K500 million was indeed spent by political parties, candidates and their international backers, and PNG Party has spent K30 million, then how much did Prime Minister O’Neill and his ruling political party – Peoples National Congress – spent in the 2012 National Elections out of the K470 million?
“And why is there growing concern that the Government may have overspent by over K500 million coincidentally?

“Mr. O’Neill and his Government coalition partners need to come clean also on the sources from which they received and spent funds for their candidates. Did these funds come from Government coffers? If so how were they legitimized to avoid misappropriation?
Mr Basil said that the Registrar of Political Parties, Dr Alphonse Gelu must make public, reports of political parties’ funding as soon as these are furnished to his office.

“Dr Gelu must also insist on independent audit of political parties’ accounts to determine which funds are legitimate and which have come from questionable sources with strings attached,” he added.
The Bulolo MP said that national elections pave the way for leadership affecting all strata of the public sector and sets the standard of governance.

“For the people to have faith and confidence in their leaders and their decision-making process, the integrity of national elections through choice of candidates; funding sources and usage; integrity of polling; security of ballot boxes; integrity of counting; and transparency through independent scrutiny is vital,” Mr Basil said.

“The starting point to credible elections begins with transparency in funding as much as in the personal integrity of the candidate. Good candidates and clean funding translates into good elections and respected Members of Parliament (MPs).

“If we are going to confer and refer to MPs as honourable, they must have personal integrity, campaign with integrity, and the funds they use must not be ill-gotten or a misappropriation of Government monies.”

Mr Basil, a second-term MP, said that the 2012 National Elections was held using the slogan ‘free, fair and safe elections’.
“Voluntary revelation of funding amounts, funding sources and funding usages by political parties is an important indicator as to whether the recent elections were indeed free, fair and safe,” he said.

“Prime Minister O’Neill and his PNC party must lead the way if his reference to fighting corruption in Parliament on August 3 is to be believed.”

Approved for Release

HON. SAM BASIL, MP
Bulolo MP &
Deputy Parliamentary Leader – Papua New Guinea Party

Transit Accommodation for Miners

Source: Post Courier, Thursday August 02^nd 2012, pg 16

This is the scene right now at Nine Mile outside Lae City where Hornibrook NGI – one of Papua New Guinea’s major construction companies, is building a new hotel to accommodate workers transiting from the Hidden Valley gold mine and soon to be Wafi gold and copper mines in the Morobe Province. The 46-room modern hotel will provide transit accommodation for the mine workers as they transit to and from the giant mines.

The hotel facilities will include a 120-seat capacity modern kitchen and dining hall, a gymnasium and other services provided by modern hotels for guest. Mine workers transiting trough Lae now use 142 rooms provided within the modern housing estate at Valley View next to where this hotel is being built. The new hotel is set to change the face of the Nine Mile area which is fast developing into a satellite township of its own with the investment that Hornibrook NGI is committing to it. Also, near the hotel the company is constructing a community hall which will house a volleyball court, health clinic and gymnasium. Hornibook company director Sherron Lewis said the community hall and health clinic are being built to serve the local community.

Reuben Mete and the Plight of Watut River people.

By Watut Mahn

For Every large scale development in Papua New Guinea, number of tribal peoples birth right or their social security is permanently lost. It pays of in corporations profit by which most of them are foreign own while the Local peoples lives become worst.

Hidden Valley Gold Mine or Morobe Mining Joint Venture (MMJV) as it is commonly referred to is a 50:50 percent jointly owned by Australia's Newcrest Mining and South African Harmony Gold.

Located in Bulolo, Morobe Province, Mine construction work begun in mid 2005 causing environmental catastrophe and destruction to the Watut River, which is a life source of hundreds of local indigenous communities that lives along the river.

Reuben Mete, a local land owner from Middle Watut has had something to do with it. His father was a community leader and a Lutheran church layman and his work meant most family needs are the opportunity cost for his volunteer work giving young Reuben a better grasp of volunteering.

Reuben and his big brother and two small sister were nurtured in a family where education was valued but was denied due to the accessibility by virtue of the unequal distribution of Government Services to the rural communities. His father urged him to consider a career that can benefited the communities and not to be selfish and greedy.

Being a lone students from Middle Watut to enter Papua New Guinea University of Technology means a lot for the him and so are his community obligation.

Born and raise in the remote Kapin Village in Middle Watut and receive education in Two Mile settlement in Lae has a painful experienced in it, something this young man who easily shed tears when remembering it. Given the painful six hours walk to and from to reach the main Bulolo National Highway to catch PMV to Lae to attend school and access Education from Primary, Secondary and Tertiary is very difficult, but needs personal commitment.

He started his Primary School in 1994 at Haicoast Community School, He than went to Lae Provincial High School in 2000 than to Bugandi Secondary School in 2004.

In 2009, Reuben quit his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture studies at Papua New Guinea University of Technology out of frustration in which his local people rights were being deprived and ignored by the Government and the foreign Mining Companies and with the help of community leaders, he set up the Union of Watut River Communities Association Incorporated, an organization to be the mouthpiece of people living along Watut River with a vision "to make Watut River Communities free of irresponsible development and government activities".

To provide that, Reuben spends much of his time patrolling the Middle and Lower Watut village by village along the river by foot to consult and observe the burden of the communities and selling his idea to organize the communities to have a strong voice against the Hidden Valley Mine and the Papua New Guinea Government Mining and Environment Regulators such as Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) and the Mineral Resources Authority (MRA) to look into the plight of the local people by which mining has brought to them affecting them socio- economically.

A joined meeting was organized in June 29, 2009 to get all community leaders of Watut River Communities to attend and a petition was drafted. The petition was then presented to the than Minister for Environment and Conservation Hon. Benny Allan, MP on September 11, 2009.

"I began looking for ways to overcome this burden my people are facing, and figured that I need to organize my people somehow, empowered them with factual information, having more discussions trough forums and meetings, and use the peoples power to foster recognition for change." Reuben said.

His achievement includes making the issue a national issue in Papua New Guines by making headlines in media (Print, Audio and Visual) as well as running campaigns using internet, blogs and social media.

Out of their initial petition, the National Executive Council has engaged an Australian base company - Snowy Mountain Engineering Corporation; in 2010 to carry an independent assessment into the watut river system. Out of which, the following were being noted:
* The report confirmed that there were elevated levels of arsenic, cobalt, lead, manganese, iron, mercury and free cyanide in excess of permit requirements released into the river system.
* The Environmental Management Plan (EMP) has not been updated since November 2009. The EMP does not meet the ISO 14001 requirements and has not been approved in accordance with Permit No. WD-L3 (50)
* Waste management is not done in accordance with the Waste Management Plan,
* Hydro- Meteorology Monitoring data reported,
* Poorly implementation of Monitoring, Quality Assurance and Training Procedures,
* High Level sediments discharges,

NB: Major non compliances that Department of Environment and Conservation just accepted.

"The last resort we have is to take the matter to court. The Government and the Mining owners knew that very well but they also knew that we don't have the money to find a good lawyer to represent us", Reuben said.

"The mining effects are now started to shown clear now. The Death of fish along Watut and Markham River, sediments build up, skin diseases, deformed children being born, dieback, river bed rises destroying food gardens and economical and cultural crops. Most of this are new things happening in the communities very recently after the mine." Reuben said.

He also said that they still have faith and hope to see trough that the matter must be address amicably with proper compensation given to the communities whose rights are being deprived as a result of mining in Hidden Valley.

Today, the Union of Watut River Communities are using mobile phones as well as social media and the internet to provided a new platform for its campaign. The Watut River site - www.watutriver.org, and Watut River Cries Facebook page will provides information on communities concerns and social and political matters relating to environmental issues and human rights.

The organization does not have any financial support or assistance but believes will carry its campaigns trough its sacrificial by the dedicated and committed Committees Members.



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For Donations:
Union of Watut River Communities Association
Account No. 1005699408
Bank South Pacific.