Sickening Display By 'Gang Of Brutes', Says Transparency Van

Sickening Display By 'Gang Of Brutes', Says Transparency Vanuatu

http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2011/03/sickening-display-of-gang-of-brutes-says-transparency-vanuatu/

Opinion – By the board of Transparency Vanuatu

PORT VILA (Pacific Scoop/Pacific Media Watch): "The scandalous physical attack (a crime under Vanuatu’s Penal Code) on the Daily Post publisher, Marc Neil-Jones, allegedly instigated by the Minister of Public Works, Harry Iauko Iaris – the latest in a line of reported accusations of unwise or corrupt actions by the minister – is definitive proof that Iauko is totally unfit to hold any public office, let alone a leadership position.

"It is clear from letters to the editor that the conduct of this minister, whose daily life is paid for from public funds, is a shameful embarrassment to the people of Vanuatu. As a minister of State, Mr Iauko represents the whole country, not just his own small group of voters.

"If the Sato Kilman government wants to retain any serious credibility, swift and decisive sanctions will need to be taken against Minister Iauko.

"Instead of the political maturity that we should have the right to expect from our government ministers 30 years after Independence, we are witnessing the sickening display of a gang of undisciplined brutes …"

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