At the conference, he was accompanied by deputy governor Evartius Bori and Kokoda Council president Jackson Iriro.

“The actions taken by Mr Arore are illegal and amount to a criminal offence with the destruction of government property.

“The [provincial] House of Assembly was broken into by the member and his counterparts and an illegal assembly called.

“I am most definitely processing criminal actions against Mr Arore and his counterparts and I will not let this matter rest,” Governor Juffa said.

“What has transpired is a shame and cannot be let go. I call on the Ijivitari Member to put aside this politics and personal differences and work together for the service delivery for our people.”

Mr Juffa has since lodged a formal complaint against Mr Arore and his cohorts with the Commissioner of Police.

It has been reported that a contingent of police flown from Port Moresby did nothing to prevent the destruction of the House of Assembly.

“The truth of the matter is that Gary Juffa has a solid, unshakable standing in the eyes of the local and international community,” commented the PNG Exposed blog, calling Mr Juffa a “warrior governor”.

“He served a distinguished career in various capacities in government including a long stint as the no nonsense head of PNG Customs who impounded illegal weapons and contraband and facilitated the jailing of Asians who entered the country illegally.”

PNG Exposed also said that “David Arore served a less than distinguished career as a high school teacher, paid off by the Somare government to join his party after the elections”

It is alleged that last year Mr Arore was arrested for bribery but is yet to stand trial.

Mr Arore is said by the blog to be backed by controversial Minister Delilah Gore.

PNG Exposed is now alleging that Asian loggers operating in Oro funded the vote of no confidence against  Governor Juffa. 

 "In the days leading up to the illegal vote of no confidence motion yesterday, executives of logging companies Viva Success  and Unirise co-funded a meeting by local level government presidents, Sohe MP, Delilah Gore and David Arore in Port Moresby. 

"While the amount paid to the various parties has not been disclosed, it is understood, it was enough to convince local level government councilors to agree to remove Gary Juffa as governor.

 "The logging companies have been at loggerheads with the Governor Juffa ever since he began calling for an end to illegal logging in the province, particularly in the Musa-Pongani area.

"The principal of one of the companies, Victor Yu, is a close friend of the Ijivitari MP, David Arore and Sohe MP [and Community Development Minister], Delilah Gore.

 "The  Asian logger also paid for the vehicles and fuel used in the small protest held in Popondetta town."