REVIEW OF LAW DECRIMINALISING PROSTITUTION AND HOMOSEXUALTIY~~“AN IDENTITY CRISIS”

Firstly let me say that Patriots PNG is not a political activist organisation. It is a movement focused on promoting patriotism and attitude change. Our fundamental message is for “WE THE PEOPLE” to change from within. We do not divert from our commitment to steer clear of politics unless we see a need to engage and only in a manner consistent with PPNG’s philosophy of change. We are pro-truth and pro-morality and see ourselves as proponents of our National Identity. To the extent that our nation’s laws/policies touch the mindset, moral direction and attitudes of our beloved people, we will speak when we perceive harm to these from both foreign and local elements. Now on the issue of reviews to our “sex laws” in PNG, potentially legitimising homosexuality and prostitution, we say this:

It is absolutely absurd and shameful that Papua New Guinea, a “Christian Country”, is now considering laws that directly contravene the supreme laws of the God we believe in. It is unimaginable that our leaders could even have these laws on the table (but then sadly it is not surprising). Who are we? Where is our identity? Why do we think that the problems we face in our nation cannot be solved by home-grown solutions in the Spirit of our Nation? Why do we always have to adopt a western materialistic philosophy and force it on a people whose spirituality is fundamental to our identity?

Are we not ashamed to even consider calling what God says is evil, “a legitimate practice”? “LET GOD BE TRUE AND EVERY MAN A LIAR”. That’s how His own Word describes man’s philosophy compared to His. And now our best argument is that of “social and public health perspectives” and to “strengthen PNG’s response to HIV/AIDS”? What about truth, morality, inner peace, human dignity and self-respect? What about family values? Let’s not forget our sanity. Are these not vital compared to material, economic and democratic values (which are designed for man, by man and of man)?

Our Nation’s Constitution sets out two important things which we bring to our lawmakers’ attention in respect of this issue: (1) It provides a National Goal for “Papua New Guinean Ways” (NGDP 5); and (2) it proclaims as the first Basic Social Obligation of every resident in PNG to “to respect, and to act in the spirit of this Constitution”. Are these potential laws we now contemplate within the ambit of “PNG Ways”? Aren’t we breaching our first duty by considering laws that effectively make us another people? Acting in the spirit of our Constitution means striving for the PNG Way, adhering to “Christian principles that are ours now” and protecting our dignity. This is an integral part of our national identity—and hence our personal identity.

Every single true PNGean within the sphere of influence of the reviews must search him/herself. Recall his/her true identity and resolve never to compromise it. To you who are in that sphere: TAKE NO PART IN MAKING THESE LAWS A REALITY. For in these potential laws we will surely lose ourselves. And without an identity everything else, even our survival, is utterly meaningless.

WE ARE WHO WE ARE, AND WHO WE ARE IS BEAUTIFUL.

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT PAPUA NEW GUINEA...

Ganjiki D Wayne