Contradiction in PNG Constitution

The Preamble of the PNG Constitution states that the People of PNG...

"• pledge ourselves to guard and pass on to those who come after us our noble traditions and the Christian principles that are ours now."


The six foot laws in PNG claiming Indigenous Resources below six feet in indigenous territory not only violate the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People but also the Christian Principles expressed in the Preamble of the PNG Constitution.

"Thou shalt not covet what belongs to your neighbor" is the Christian Principle that is being violated when the PNG State claims indigenous resources in indigenous territory all over the country.

I find it odd that I am the first person in the 35 years of the existence of the PNG Constitution that has noticed this obvious contradiction in PNG law.

I assume the problem is lack of education even on the part of the so called Intellectual Elite in PNG.

How many lawyers and professors are blind to this obvious contradiction?

This is very serious once we realize that the six foot resource laws in PNG caused the Bougainville Conflict and can cause a similar problem in the LNG Project or any other similar project in the country now or in the future.