Residents unhappy with deferral

Residents in the Moresby South electorate have expressed dissatisfaction over the deferral of today’s NCD polling.

Disgruntled residents said many of them took time off from work to vote today and said the last-minute announcement was the first-of-its-kind, criticising the Electoral Commission for the lack of planning.

Soon after the announcement by the Electoral Commission at around 9am, police officers arrived at several polling areas in the electorate to inform polling officials to pack up.

Polling was already underway at East Boroko and Manu when they were ordered to stop.

Others areas such as Downtown, Kira Kira, Sabama, Badili, and Konedobu, did not begin polling on the scheduled time (8am), despite many voters turning up as early as 6am.

Meanwhile, the Electoral Commission has sincerely apologised to the people of NCD. They said the deferral was due to issues with camping allowances for polling officials.

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Author: 
Cedric Patjole