All ballot boxes containing votes from the Moresby South electorate are now being kept at the counting venue at the Rita Flynn courts in East Boroko, Port Moresby, awaiting counting to commence on Monday 11th July.
Returning officer for Moresby South, Mr. Tau Toea said that at this point, a total of thirty boxes have already been registered and stored away in the containers.
They are now waiting for two more containers to arrive in order to store the remaining ones, so to make sure all 250 boxes; 125 boxes for Open and 125 for Regional seat, are kept safe. He said all ballot boxes were brought in safely late last night between 11pm and 12am under the watchful eyes of the officials and proceeded straight to registering the boxes.
“After registrations are completed, the officials will now have one day to prepare themselves for counting come next Monday where they will be divided into two counting shifts; ten hours of counting during the day and ten hours at night.” Prior to the counting, he said that a short and brief training will be conducted tomorrow for the officials to prepare themselves well for the counting period.
Toea said that the Moresby South Electorate has less candidates compared to Moresby North west and Moresby North East so things should be expected to run smoothly for his team.