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August 13, 2022
PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea’s Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai says he will seek a further extension from the Governor-General for the return of writ for Southern Highlands provincial seat which has faced protracted delays in counting. He said any discussions and talks of “failing” an election and calling for a supplementary or a byelection was ... <a title="PNG elections chief Sinai seeks extra extension for Southern Highlands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/13/png-elections-chief-sinai-seeks-extra-extension-for-southern-highlands/" aria-label="Read more about PNG elections chief Sinai seeks extra extension for Southern Highlands">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2022
Inside PNG News Papua New Guinea’s Governor-General, Sir Bob Dadae, today accepted Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai’s recommendation to extend the date for the 2022 general election Return of Writs by two weeks. The new date is August 12. With three days remaining before the initial gazetted date of July 29, counting for more than half ... <a title="PNG extends election returns date by two weeks to avoid ‘failed vote’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/26/png-extends-election-returns-date-by-two-weeks-to-avoid-failed-vote/" aria-label="Read more about PNG extends election returns date by two weeks to avoid ‘failed vote’">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2022
EDITORIAL: The PNG Post-Courier The headline of this editorial, we believe, expresses what every eligible voter, business house and candidate in the nation’s capital feels towards the Electoral Commission of PNG. To make a decision like this, the deferral of polling, at the very last minute on the day when this important event is to ... <a title="Post-Courier: The incompetency of PNG’s Electoral Commission must stop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/07/post-courier-the-incompetency-of-pngs-electoral-commission-must-stop/" aria-label="Read more about Post-Courier: The incompetency of PNG’s Electoral Commission must stop">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2022
By Frank Rai in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea went to the polls yesterday to begin electing the 11th national Parliament only to find out that there were names missing on the common roll while some polling stations were short of ballot papers around the country. The distribution of ballot papers and the common roll ... <a title="Papua New Guinea goes to the polls amid controversy over missing names" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/06/papua-new-guinea-goes-to-the-polls-amid-controversy-over-missing-names/" aria-label="Read more about Papua New Guinea goes to the polls amid controversy over missing names">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2022
By Claudia Tally in Port Moresby The impartiality of officials who have been appointed to manage polling in the National Capital District during the Papua New Guinea general election next month has been questioned. In a first of its kind meeting in Port Moresby yesterday, candidates, police and the election manager convened at the Sir ... <a title="Outgoing PNG minister challenges impartiality of officials in demand for fair polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/24/outgoing-png-minister-challenges-impartiality-of-officials-in-demand-for-fair-polls/" aria-label="Read more about Outgoing PNG minister challenges impartiality of officials in demand for fair polls">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Any deferral of Papua New Guinea’s national general election 2022 will be unconstitutional, warns former Electoral Commissioner Patilias Gamato. He said statutory timelines gazetted in the National Gazette for the national elections could not be breached to accommodate a deferral. “It is important that the 2022 NGE is not ... <a title="Any poll delay ‘unconstitutional’, warns former PNG elections chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/any-poll-delay-unconstitutional-warns-former-png-elections-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Any poll delay ‘unconstitutional’, warns former PNG elections chief">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2022
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s general election will go ahead as planned in June with CCTV (closed circuit television) to monitor counting, says Prime Minister James Marape. He has announced “several reforms” that will be included in election monitoring this year. “For purposes of transparency, we will have Transparency International, National ... <a title="Marape, Electoral Commission say PNG election preps are on track" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/marape-electoral-commission-say-png-election-preps-are-on-track/" aria-label="Read more about Marape, Electoral Commission say PNG election preps are on track">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2021
By Thierry Lepani in Port Moresby Only seven governors out of Papua New Guinea’s 21 provinces and Bougainville attended a meeting in the capital Port Moresby to discuss issues surrounding the covid-19 pandemic crisis and the National General Elections due next year. However, while Prime Minister James Marape confirmed seven had attended, only four were ... <a title="Only seven governors attend PNG’s covid crisis planning meeting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/02/only-seven-governors-attend-pngs-covid-crisis-planning-meeting/" aria-label="Read more about Only seven governors attend PNG’s covid crisis planning meeting">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2019
Former Papua New Guinea prime minister Sir Mekere Morauta has strongly criticised “foreign governments and organisations”, singling out Australia, for their assessments of the 2017 PNG national election. Sir Mekere accused them of “whitewashing the rigging and corruption associated with it”. by the Australian National University and Transparency International. Image: Screenshot/PMC “The ANU report and ... <a title="Former PM Morauta accuses Australia of ‘whitewashing’ PNG poll rigging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/01/former-pm-morauta-accuses-australia-of-whitewashing-png-poll-rigging/" aria-label="Read more about Former PM Morauta accuses Australia of ‘whitewashing’ PNG poll rigging">Read more</a>
