PNG voting begins in cash contributions
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Papua New Guinea is expected to start on Saturday to vote in national elections for eight observers warn that the policy ever money you’re playing at a level seen before.
In a country distribution kim cash at the time the elections were widespread, observers say the cost kim first preference votes has increased 30 times. “In some areas, the rate for the preferential vote 1 kim 1000 Kina (about $ A500), and other areas in the highlands up to 3000 kina for the first preference vote,” said Hayley Nicole, leader kim the national electoral observers.Advertising: The story continues below
“So these are much larger sums kim money.” Dr. Hayley, a specialist at the Australian National University in the affairs kim Melanesia, Papua New Guinea is to observe its fourth national election. In the 2007 elections, the first-preference votes were bought for 100 Kina. But the reports kim 21 provinces to be visited by the team kim 200 people, kim national election observers figure shows not only that money increases, but the method has changed. “This time, our observers are large sums kim money being transferred,” said Dr. Hayley. “Our team has reported that in Enga certainly a meeting ki m members (of Parliament) was delivering the 3000 Kina debit card account. ” It is clear that these elections is far more competitive and People accreditation is liquefied natural gas (LNG). The risks are much greater. “ massive ExxonMobil-led PNG LNG project will double the GDP kim the nation when he had to go online next year. Tari, a city in the heart kim the project and is in the recently created Hela province, in the highlands kim Papua New Guinea, had a failed election in 2002 and was placed for administration kim the government for 10 months.
Last week, the steering committee Local voted to delay the vote until Monday Tarija election, arguing that the Seventh-day Adventists, a religious group large PNG -. are prohibited from voting on Saturday
However, a strong police and military presence in the electoral field indicated is progressing as scheduled.
A roller elections electoral fraud was incomplete and poorly administered almost inevitable in the region.
detect the possibility kim fraud election in the highlands, the government kim that country’s prime minister, Peter O’Neill voted earlier this year to delay national elections six months, a decision that has provoked massive public protest.
Mr. O’Neill gave the public pressure and admitted that his government had no power to order the delay.More than four million Papua New Guinea is expected to vote at 10,000 polling stations for the next two weeks, while the final results not expected until late July.
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