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Government puts foreign interests above the law and demolishes an important democratic principle
By passing amendments to the Environment Act, the government has put foreign companies above the law; allowed their commercial interests to trample all over the rights of Papua New Guinea’s traditional landowners; and undermined our democracy...[T]the amendments state that when the company carries out the approved activities it cannot be sued...and the activities cannot be an offence and cannot be unlawful....[N]o matter what harm the company causes to any person or group of persons they will have no recourse to the law...[refers to ExxonMobil]