Vote to nominate women to PNG Parliament goes back to vote

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Updated March 16, 2009 16:19:40

A vote to nominate three women directly to Papua New Guinea's Parliament will go back to MPs on Tuesday, after the motion was defeated last week. Its sponsor Dame Carol Kidu is more condident of success on the second attempt, saying MPs were misinformed about the plan by the leader of the opposition before last week's vote.


Presenter Tayna O'Shea

Speaker Papua New Guinea MP Dame Carol Kidu

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