PNG could choose next prime minister by Friday as votes get tallied


  • World
  • Monday, 31 Jul 2017

FILE PHOTO - Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill makes an address to the Lowy Institute in Sydney November 29, 2012. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne/File Photo

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The parliament of Papua New Guinea (PNG) will elect a prime minister at the end of the week, lawmakers said on Monday, in an election marred by poor organisation and opposition accusations of electoral roll irregularities.

With no political party able to clinch enough seats to form a government, analysts said the outcome remained too close to call, stirring voter frustration that could trigger more unrest in the resource-rich South Pacific nation.

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