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Rival Ialibu Pangia candidates accuse O’Neill of ‘rigging’ PNG general election

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by PETER S. KINJAP   Candidates contesting Papua New Guinea’s Ialibu/Pangia Open Electorate in the Southern Highlands province have accused Prime Minister Peter O’Neill of “rigging” the country’s national elections. “Today confirmed everyone’s worst fears – these elections were deliberately rigged from the start,” said Stanley Liria, one of the candidates who signed a formal protest letter with election manager David Wakias before polling began in the electorate. The open electorate is where Prime Minister O’Neill is the incumbent MP. The rival candidates claimed in their letter the electorate was not ready for polling today. The candidates are Jerry Kiwai, Nepoleon Rema, Tua Yasa, Stanley Liria, Justus Rapula, Leonard Pangepea and Dr Sam Kari. At a meeting at Ialibu District Office, they unanimously agreed that certain issues be “properly addressed” before polling started. Their letter was registered with the manager Wakias. ‘Treating people like dirt’ Candidate Liria said people