Confidential papers related to the planned meeting of the USP Council tomorrow have been leaked online.
The USP Council Secretariat says these confidential papers were circulated to members of the USP Council on Tuesday night.
It says the confidential papers has been published by journalist Michael Field in the Facebook group - Pacific Newsroom.
In a statement, the USP Council Secretariat says this is highly regrettable and a serious lapse of the person’s integrity and fiduciary responsibilities.
It says this can have only been done to further aggravate a sensitive situation.
USP Pro-Chancellor, Winston Thompson has also thanked the President of Nauru and incoming Chancellor Lionel Aingimea for agreeing that the meeting tomorrow goes ahead, resolving the impasse of the past week.
The USP Council Secretariat says highly derogatory comments being expressed in the media by influential thought leaders in recent days have been made without the commentators trying to obtain the views of the Council Chair so that a more informed comment can be made.
The statement says these comments have also perpetuated misinformation and disinformation.
It says this has been an unfortunate feature of press statements in the recent past.
The USP Council Secretariat also says a request to the USP Staff Unions and Student Association to meet has been rejected.
Thompson is requesting all parties for calm and careful consideration of all the facts so that an informed decision can be reached through the established procedures.
