As if gunfire wasn’t enough, he’s also been defending a court case that would have seen him removed from parliament and then he's had to come to grips with Australian immigration minister Peter Dutton, who thought he could make some cheap political capital out of framing Manus refugees as paedophiles and Ronny as a criminal.

Yep, an Australian federal government minister – being bruited by some of his colleagues as the next prime minister - tried that on. Unbelievable.

Well, yesterday for Ronny was one of those down and up days that ended up when Papua New Guinea’s chief justice Sir Salamo Injia stayed the decision of an earlier Leadership Tribunal that had recommended Ronny’s dismissal from office over a finding made against him two years ago that Ronny reckons was a political set up.

The judge sort of agreed.

So today, Ronny Knight MP, will nominate to join the race to retain his Manus seat in PNG's national elections which kick off in June.

Sir Salamo said the allegations against Ronny contained defects, were duplicitous (important finding that) and were badly drafted by the Public Prosecutor.

“In my view, there are signals that the proceedings of the Leadership Tribunal and National Court were not properly conducted,” Sir Salamo said.

That ended a volatile day for Ronny which had at first left him reeling when Australian minister Dutton, straying well off his turf, had labelled the Manus MP a "discredited witness".

Dutton was helped somewhat by a specious story, presumably leaked by one of his staffers to the Sydney Morning Herald as an ‘exclusive’.

The minister also said, wrongly, that Ronny had been "convicted of fraud" and called upon media outlets — including the ABC — that had interviewed him to apologise for, for … enabling Ronny to tell the truth about what had happened on Manus.

So, with the decision of PNG’s chief justice, Ronny will nominate for the upcoming election today and, if he’s even half the fighter I think he, is, he will retain his seat.

"It gives me faith our judicial system is working properly and I'm very thankful to the chief justice for his outlook on things," Ronny commented.

And he trashed Dutton for saying he had been convicted of fraud, when the original case had not been about this at all.

"A tribunal is not a criminal court in any way whatsoever," Ronny said.

"I have never been convicted of anything in my life. He [Dutton] should stick to the facts that are on the ground.

"We are talking about something that is happening in my area amongst my people."

Late last night I asked Ronny whether Dutton's  intervention helped his  re-election campaign or set it back.

"He brought my people together to support me. It also [brought refugees] closer to locals. Same enemy," he replied.

We should all hope that very soon Ronny and his people – and the Manus police and the oppressed refugees – will be allowed by Dutton and the Australian government to get back to lead the lives they want and which they deserve.