Bougainville Election 2015, Journalists Commit To Impartial Coverage In Bougainville Elections Undp In Papua New Guinea

Toroama is running for president a second time in 2015 he came a distant second to the retiring john momis.

Delhi election zee news. The 2015 presidential and parliamentary election was held in the autonomous region of bougainville between 11 may and 25 may 2015. This time he led his closest rival former papua new guinea mp father simon dumarinu by more than 9000 votes under the abgs preferential voting system. The 2020 presidential and parliamentary election was held in the autonomous region of bougainville between 12 august and 1 september 2020.

The may 2015 general elections mark the third elections for the house of representatives for the autonomous bougainville government abg and the fourth elections for the president including the by election of 2008 since the bougainville peace agreement was signed in august 2001. This election is very crucial to bougainvillean as it marks the start of the referendum period which under the conditions of the bougainville peace agreement is to be held between 2015 and 2020. There has been a turnover of 25 seats across the region with only 15.

Among the successful candidates was incumbent president of the autonomous bougainville government chief dr john momis who was returned as president. Toroama contested the 2015 election coming second to outgoing president john momis. Leaders elected will play a crucial role in addressing outstanding issues like weapons disposal economic recovery and good governance which are.

In third was the former png mp simon dumarinu. Toroama told radio nz his priorities are the restoration of law and order and a speedy resolution of the independence question. Campaigning for the may 2015 elections in bougainville was conducted explicitly on the grounds that the incoming government which has a five year term would be the one to negotiate the exact timing of the referendum.

The writs for the abg 2015 general elections were returned to the abg speaker andrew miriki by the acting electoral commissioner george manu at the abg house this afternoon. A total of 342 candidates contested the election involving the 33 constituency seats three seats reserved for women and three seats reserved for former combatants in the bougainville house of representatives and the presidency itself. The new government will negotiate the outcome of the 2019 bougainvillean independence.

The counting period in the bougainville elections has been extended with the return of writs. He also thanked the abg government for supporting the election process by providing sufficient funding to carry out the bougainville elections. The agreement provided for elections to establish the autonomous region of bougainville which.

440 candidates were contesting the 40 seats in the bougainville house of representatives including 25 competing to be president of the autonomous region of bougainville. So far only votes in southern bougainville had been counted but ishmael toroama had a nearly 5000 vote lead over the second placed james tanis. Meanwhile the counting period in the autonomous png regions elections has been extended with the return of writs put back until thursday next week.