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Ginny Kero
It emerged that a dispute over the rightful managing director of the National Housing Corporation escalated into a confrontation at its head office in Port Moresby on Thursday.
The controversy began when the National Court in Waigani ruled on April 28 that due process had not been followed in the appointment of Henry Mokono to the position by the National Executive Council.
The court upheld an application for judicial review filed by NHC’s former managing director, Elizabeth Bouada.
The court set aside the NEC’s decision.
Mokono’s appointment was announced on 9 July 2021 and gazetted on 3 August 2021.
The court issued an injunction restraining the defendants and their servants, agents, officers and employees from appointing any other person to the position of Managing Director of NHC except in accordance with law.
Mokono said in a statement that his lawyers had already appealed the National Court’s ruling.
He alleged that Mr Bowada, accompanied by police officers, stormed into the NAC headquarters last Thursday and demanded that he hand over the keys to the managing director’s office.
“Several NHC staff members were threatened and chased away,” he said.
Mr Bouada was not in office at the time. Mr Mokono said the court had not issued a “specific order” to reinstate Mr Bouada.
But Bouada National It was announced last night that the court had upheld her application for judicial review on 28 April.
She said her previous position as acting managing director was therefore “back”.
“That’s where Mokono misses the connection he was looking for,” she said.
“The word he should focus on is reinstatement.
“It is common knowledge that when new circumstances arise, the previous circumstances will inevitably arise, because my acting appointment was in place until the appointment of a permanent MD was made, but it has now been held to be invalid.”
Mokono said the NHC’s operations would remain as they are until the Supreme Court considers the appeal.
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