Kela Smith opposes the establishment of Climate Change Office
Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:00pm
Eastern Highlands Governor, Mal Kela Smith, who has had 30 years
experience in carbon credit business, is fighting the law that set up
that office.
Mr Kela Smith said, the recently approved Climate Change Office is a
luxury and alleges that it has people with sticky fingers who crave a
good life instead of improving the lot of the common people.
He's demanding better laws to control that office and better methods
for a fair distribution of money exchanged for people's resources.
"For every K1.00 you earn for carbon credit, you would give 15-toea
commission to purchase carbon credit, and very little money would be
spent on administration costs.
"I strongly believe that 85-toea from the K1.00 earned, should go to
the resource owner.
"I am fighting this cause because I'm not happy about the method and
way Waigani used to establish this Climate Change Office," Mr Kela
Smith said.
Governor Kela said he's cross because under the current pay-out
method, resource owners like his people who've joined the global call
to save the planet are waiting and getting nothing while those in
Waigani are living a lavish lifestyle.
"I will fight this because I'm disappointed that this people at
Waigani are trying to steal all these money.
"As for the the Climate Change Office, it has many vehicles, most of
them very expensive ones, with chauffeurs and drivers and boat.
Officials go overseas to attend meetings, but not even a toea comes
back into the country," Mr. Kela Smith said.
The Eastern Highlands said the actual law that set up the office does
not give it power to regulate policies and control money at the same
time.
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