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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.

Trump hotel las vegas. Twenty two of these member elects are new members while the rest are members of the last house who were able to retain their seats. Update on the bougainville independence process as we discussed in our bougainville referendum explainer article last year a yes vote in the referendum was never intended to result in immediate independence. Toroama clears lead 9202020 bougainville news headlines png news.

2the bougainville electoral commissioner mr george manu has announced the appointment of returning officers ros and assistant returning officers aros for the 2020 bougainville general election 3 work on updating the electoral roll for the 2020 bougainville general election is currently underway in bougainville. Instead it would trigger the start of a negotiation process in which papua new guineas parliament would have the final say on whether bougainville can declare independence and become a. A former commander of the bougainville revolutionary army has widened his lead in the progressive count for the presidential election in the autonomous papua new guinea region.

In third place is the former president james tanis. The 2020 presidential and parliamentary election was held in the autonomous region of bougainville between 12 august and 1 september 2020. Thomas raivet has roared into contention as the bougainville presidential vote count continues while former rebel military leader ishmael toroama retains the lead.

Now he will be sworn in as president as the region works to gain independence from. Thirty years ago ishmael toroama was leading troops in a rebel army during a bloody conflict in bougainville. Counting for the bougainville presidential seat is progressing well with only six candidates left in the race.

Ishmael toroama speaking at png think tank the national research institute. By bougnews posted in elections 2020 government of bougainville tagged bougainville bougainville elections president john momis simon pentanu 0 jun 16 2015. As of the 19th elimination th.

Bougainville presidential election updates. Raivet who is the surrogate for retiring president john momis is now in second place behind toroama.