It was dismissed because the allegations of Palma being insolvent or bankrupt was not made out in the petition.
Petitioner Francis Kikin Siune filed the petition on two grounds. The first was on errors and omission on the part of Electoral officials in accepting the nomination of Palma to stand for public office at the time he was declared bankrupt.
The second ground in the petition is that, after he was declared bankrupt by the National Court and elected as a member, he was not qualified to remain an MP.
Palma was declared insolvent, or bankrupt, by the Waigani National Court on June 1 after failing to pay legal costs from 2012 General Elections.
20 days after that decision, the Supreme Court stayed his status pending the outcome o…
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