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Opposition leader Don Pomb Polye called on Gamato to reveal more facts about the ownership of the Pura Group which is responsible for the printing.

Polye claimed that there was more to the printing deal than meets the eye.

“I ask Gamato to continue to reveal who owns the PNG agent company of the ballot papers printing in Indonesia.

“I have reliable information that the agent is owned by an MP who is aligned to the Prime Minister Peter O’Neill’s PNC party,” said Polye.

Gamato says the current cost to print the ballot papers with embedded security features in Indonesia is only K6.6 million, which is almost three times lower than the Government Printing cost of K23 million.

“The Government printers cost for printing the ballot paper is K23 million. So I rejected that. And that K23 million includes ordering paper from overseas.