PNG POLL PREDICTIONS - BY THE EXPERTS Submitted by admin on Mon, 06/10/2002 - 00:00
By Colin Taimbari
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (June 7, 2002 - The National/PINA Nius Online) -Vote buying will prevail during polling. There will be election related violence in parts of the country. Ethnic and linguistic lines may influence a certain percentage of voting and women candidates will struggle again.
These are the general observations by senior political science lecturers at the University of Papua New Guinea, looking ahead to this month s Papua New Guinea general elections.
They were revealed to journalists at a news conference in Port Moresby.