The Penalty Submissions hearing for Suspended Labour and Immigration Minister and Member for Madang, Bryan Kramer, has once again been adjourned to next month because submissions for the case were not ready.
Kramer’s lawyer, Mr. Miglish Giruakonda informed the tribunal this morning that he was not ready to proceed because his client’s Election Petition matter was dismissed, and he had 14 days to file an appeal at the Supreme Court.
At the same time, he had other matters before the court that inconvenienced him at this stage. For the Leadership Tribunal on Bryan Kramer, Mr. Giruakonda ran the trial already, made submissions on guilty verdict to which the Tribunal found the leader guilty of 7 allegations out of the initial 14.
The only issue left now is the submission on penalties for the 7 matters that the Tribunal found the leader guilty of.
Mr. Giruakonda also revealed that after consulting with his client, he is willing to allow another lawyer to take over and make submissions on penalties because he is fully committed with the other matters and will not have time to prepare the submissions on penalties.
The court was then adjourned to the 24th of April.