BY JOHN HOUANIHAU

George Hoa’au, the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs, said the media plays an important role in judiciary and democracy.

PS Hoa’au said this when speaking at the Australia Solomon Islands Partnership for Justice (ASIPJ) Transformational Leadership Dinner program at the Heritage Park Hotel on Wednesday this week.

The ASIPJ dinner program was attended by the Minister counsellor from Australian High Commission Lindsay Buckingham, the Ombudsman, heads of legal agencies, the Attorney General’s Office, PPP, PSO and Law Reform Commission.

“Media is an important part of judiciary and our democracy. The way they ask questions, the way they report things rightly. So, I’m always pleased that we have the media with us,’’ said PS Hoa’au.

“A lot of times when we have the media with us, people think that they are just here to take pictures of events. But the media plays an important role in the way our democracy works, and I’d like to acknowledge that,’’ he said.

He said that the judiciary system must ensure that the media is always part of what they would like to do.

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