Returning Officer for Kagua Erave Open Electorate in Southern Highlands Province, Albert Wens has resigned today while counting is still in progress.
Mr. Wens said he resigned because he was faced with a lot of threats from candidates and supporters.
In a letter to the Electoral Commissioner, Wens complained that some of the 44 ballot boxes set aside by the Electoral Commissioner were already counted since Saturday.
Wens said most of the candidates called for a failed election because more than three-quarters of the ballot boxes were allegedly hijacked.