Businesses should operate as normal on Monday until the end of polling on July 22 but must allow their employees to cast their votes, Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai says. “It is Papua New Guineans’ democratic right to elect their leaders every five years. “So, employers are obliged to give time to their employees to exercise their right and responsibility to the nation,” he added. Sinai said polling stations had been set up away from the business centres within the cities to avoid inconvenience that would disrupt the polling process.
“Shops, restaurants and night clubs that operate from morning till midnight can make special arrangements for their employees to cast their ballots.” Sinai added that people would still need to eat and go shopping and would need businesses houses to remain open for business so it would not be convenient for them to close on Monday. “Employees can work in shifts so that they all get to vote,” Sinai said. Meanwhile, Bank South Pacific Financial Group Ltd chief executive officer Robin Fleming said employees would be allowed time to go and cast their votes. “In areas where there is one-day polling this will mean that there may be some customer inconvenience with our staff rotating throughout the day,” he said. Statement/TheNational/PNGfacts Next : PNG Elections : Campaigning Ends, Polling To Begin On Monday Comments are closed.
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