Here are some more headlines from around the country (mostly the highlands):
Village burned by candidates’ supporters
Helicopter shot at while trying to transport ballot boxes
Roads in and out of Hagen blocked by protestors, as well as the airport. Police and defence force personnel used live rounds to disperse the crowds
Ballot boxes stolen by candidates’ supporters, 4 metre deep ditch dug across the road to stop any vehicles from getting out, another road had trees felled across it
Police shot at during counting
Candidate - named as a pastor - arrested for damaging the vehicle of another candidate
Ballot papers had been previously marked when given to voters
Some headlines from previous years, to give a flavour of what we might expect following polling in Hagen (which has been postponed several times, from 11 July to 13 July to 15 July to 18 July...)
2018: Aircraft burned in Mendi, along with the local court house and governor’s residence, after a court ruling on a local election result. (MAF still doesn’t fly there because of this event)
2017: The sitting MP for Mt Hagen was declared the winner with 28 ballot boxes uncounted. Buildings in the CBD were burned, the airport blockaded and the town water supply poisoned.
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