BOUGAINVILLE: atoll residents still to cast votes

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Updated July 17, 2007 17:08:16

While results of the Papua New Guinea national election are being counted and declared, people of the remote atoll islands in North Bougainville have yet to vote. A PNG patrol boat has been hired to take election officials to the atolls so that residents can cast their votes.

Presenter: Pius Bonjui.
Speakers: George Tarala, North Bougainville Returning Officer

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