PNG’s court registry checking GE22 candidates’ list for criminal records

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PNG’s court registry checking GE22 candidates’ list for criminal records

PORT MORESBY: The National and Supreme Courts Registry has confirmed that it is in the process of going through documents sent from the Electoral Commission (EC).

Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai said on Tuesday (June 14, 2022) that EC would be sending the full list of candidates contesting in General Election 2022 (GE22) to the Supreme Court, National Court and district courts, Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Attorney-General’s Office to verify their status and records.

The EC is complying with a May 31, 2022 Supreme Court decision that candidates who were convicted of a crime after June 25, 2002, are banned by law to contest in GE22.

PNG Cyber Monitor reproduces below the news break and a few GE22 news updates as reported by The National:

Records being checked

June 17, 2022The NationalMain Stories

By LULU MAGINDE
THE National and Supreme Courts Registry has confirmed that it is in the process of going through documents sent from the Electoral Commission (EC).
Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai had said on Tuesday that EC would be sending the full list of candidates contesting the General Election 2022 (GE22) to the Supreme Court, National Court and District Courts, Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Attorney-General’s Office to verify their status and records.
Although registrar Ian Augerea declined to comment, The National was told by his office that it was reviewing the list of candidates sent to them by Sinai.
According to an official at the Supreme Court Registry, Mary Vagi, the list of documents arrived initially to her office on Tuesday morning after which they were delivered to the Office of the Registrar.
Sinai’s hope was to accomplish all this before polling begins on July 4 and with two weeks to go until polling begins, they are racing against the clock to get all the checks done to have candidates with criminal convictions removed to have a free and fair election.
The Supreme Court had ruled on May 31 that persons convicted of any offence and sentenced to more than nine months’ jail from June 25, 2002, were disqualified for life from contesting and running for general elections.

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