Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court has ruled that a legal challenge by the opposition leader Belden Namah against the asylum-seeker deal between Australia and PNG can proceed.
The five Supreme Court judges unanimously ruled in favour of granting Mr Namah standing to legally challenge the Government.
Our correspondent, Todagia Kelola, reports the judges also strongly criticised the public solicitor and ombudsman commission for being silent on the issue.
"When they were coming up with this decision, they also stated that he (Namah) has a really good case in that there are so many constitutional issues and constitutional questions that need to be addressed by the Supreme Court in determining whether these asylum seekers brought in from Australia came in legally or under the human rights law that is written within the constitution."
Todagia Kelola
