PUZZLE-LIKE PROCESS FOR UNDIALU & POTABE COURT BATTLE

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By Tarali T. Hibuya

The ending is not tomorrow, not next week Monday, not next month, not next year! Hela people, the fact is both parties (Potabe and Undialu) are yet to sell their life in the name of power in this battle of courts. It is a battle fought in a puzzle-like tunnel, where exit is difficult to be  envisioned.

The selling of their cloak in the form whatever valuable they possess to buy the sword is not done yet fully. Or in Huli we say "Anda koki, karo koki, onene koki, wanene koki, tindi koki imaru napi wene yako". Or we used to say in Huli again: "Manda Mandipu la koki, Ayu Ekarila koki" are yet to be done or in progress as we speak. The analogy is like Selling your cloak and buying a sword, to die by sword!

Potabe's successful "Petition Trial" and Undialu's Slip Rule Appeal cases at Waigani battling tooth-for-tooth and eye-for-an-eye may wade through very long puzzle-like and slippery trail .

Appeal after appeal can eventuate, adjournment after adjournment can occur and finally, the final result is most likely to be handed down in 2022 as I foresee.

Meanwhile, all powers vested upon Hon. Philip Undialu by the 300K plus people of Hela province and and powers of HPG are not stripped off by these court processes. The services and all other developments could flow, but only this nation's political and economical situations, on top of natural and our own made disasters at home, are somewhat slowing or hurdling the processes of development in our province down.

However, just like a dim light in a dark tunnel, the sealing of road started at Idiawi near Angore through ExxonMobil and Oil Search Tax Credit Scheme, and the Hela Undialu Education Foundation paid K3.5 million fees to PNG Tertiary Institutions for Hela students. Further, the Hela Health Authority and Tari Hospital's Emergency building processes are in final stages of completion. Many peace mediations are taking place among warlords in Hela as well, as we speak here, and many rays of lights beginning shine in the dark Hela!

Therefore, may I ask each one of us not to loose hope and trust in our duly elected governor, Hon. Philip Undialu. He is whom Late Governor Agiru blessed on dieing bed. He is the one our forefathers foretold (Kelote Igiri Honabi) to lead. And he is the one whom Hela people have chosen through democratic ballots. He is not a lier, but an honest leader. He is not that cursed, but blessed leader. He is not a desperatö, but a prophesied leader.
For better, or for worse. For Prosperity or for doom and gloom. For whichever destiny destined for Hela, it will all be realised when prophesied leader leads, and that's none other than our governor, Hon. Philip Aja Undialu.

I beg each one of us to support him in prayers, because our destiny lies in his leadership. Be patient and let's hold on to our psychological optimisms and believe in the deliverance of our needs through his political leadership, with the help of our God Almighty Takaliwape, because patience is virtue.

Likewise, to those who support the other faction, hold on to your hope as well because, anything can happen after five (5) years as I see, or sooner as you may see.