THE counting of votes casted on Thursday in the Goroko Open seat by-election is expected to begin on Monday, according to Returning Officer Ekiso Kosanama. The ballot boxes from the 158 polling venues are being kept under guard at the police station. There are 179,000 voters registered in the three local level governments. He expects counting to take three weeks. “We dispatched 83 polling teams into the Gahuku LLG, 23 to the Goroka Urban LLG and 52 to Mimanalo,” he said Police were out in full force during polling and will monitor the counting process next week, according to Northern Command police boss Assistant Commissioner Peter Guinness.
“We will provide security during the by-elections for the people of Goroka and I am confident we have enough personnel for the polling and counting,” he said. Extra officers were drawn from Lae and Madang. “I appeal to the people of Goroka Open to be respectful as this is a court-ordered by-election,” he said. “We need to find a leader to represent us.” Statement/TheNational/PNGfacts Next : AFP Presents 6 Vehicles To PNG Police Comments are closed.
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