The PNG Government is in violation of Article 26

Article 26
1. Indigenous peoples have the right to the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used or acquired.
2. Indigenous peoples have the right to own, use, develop and control the lands, territories and resources that they possess by reason of traditional ownership or other traditional occupation or use, as well as those which they have otherwise acquired.
3. States shall give legal recognition and protection to these lands, territories and resources. Such recognition shall be conducted with due respect to the customs, traditions and land tenure systems of the indigenous peoples concerned.

The PNG laws claiming natural resources below six feet in Indigenous Territory clearly violate the above Article.

The Deputy Opposition Leader, Sam Basil, tried to ask about this Article in Parliament and was shot down by point of orders from Abal, and Kidu who both claimed that PNG was not indigenous.

I would agree with both of them as PNG is definitely colonial.

The opposite of Indigenous is Colonial by the way.

I wonder if Kidu and the gang realized that before they so boldly stated in Parliament that PNG is not Indigenous?

Unfortunately the People of PNG do not have the education level to understand exactly what Kidu and Abal were saying.