MY NAME IS LAWRENCE YURUS, I AM 45 YEARS OF AGE.

I AM A PRIVATE CITIZEN WHO IS INTERESTED IN PROTECTING THE BIGGEST ASSET THAT GUARANTEES SURVIVAL OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA (PNG). 

I AM RUNNING THIS CAMPAIGN BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF PNG LIVE IN RURAL AREAS AND SURVIVE THROUGH SUBSISTENCE FARMING. THEY HAVE NO OTHER MEANS OF SURVIVAL UNLIKE IN THE WESTERN/DEVELOPED ECONOMIES WHERE THERE IS STATE FUNDED SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM. IN PNG, LAND IS YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY BUT MORE THAN THAT, IT IS YOUR IDENTITY AND YOUR BIRTH RIGHT AS GUARANTEED UNDER THE CONSTITUTION. 

THE FUNDS RAISED WILL GO TOWARDS FIGHTING THE LAND GRABBING SCHEMES PERPETRATED BY THE WELL TO DO INDIVIDUALS, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS. WE WILL CREATE AWARENESS NATIONWIDE, SEEK LEGAL REDRESS AND PROCEED TO MOBILISE ALL CUSTOMARY LAND BY HAVING THEM SURVEYED AND PROPERLY REGISTERED SO THE CUSTOMARY LANDOWNERS' HAVE LEGAL TITLE OVER THEIR LAND. AT PRESENT, ALL CUSTOMARY LAND ARE WITHOUT TITLE AND ARE COVERED UNDER CUSTOMARY CLASSIFICATION, HENCE MAKING IT EASY FOR UNSCRUPULOUS INDIVIDUALS, THE GOVERNMENT AND COMPANIES TO ACQUIRE TITLES THROUGH IRREGULAR PROCESSES.