This follows elections held on Saturday, June 27th, during the organisation’s Annual General Assembly held at the Gateway Hotel in Port Moresby.
As per the PNG Olympic Committee Constitution, the elections were conducted using an exhaustive ballot process supervised by the PNG Electoral Commission.
Sir John Dawanincura surpassed challenger, Ralph Tarasomo in the second round of voting, by one vote after the third candidate for the position, Karo Lelai, was eliminated in the first round.