Independent Ron Ganarafo passes away days before GE22 polling

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Independent Ron Ganarafo passes away days before GE22 polling

PORT MORESBY: Another General Election 2022 (GE22) candidate Ron Ganarafo (Independent-Daulo) has passed away.

Daulo Elections Returning Officer John Kopi confirmed the death of the former cabinet minister who died on Thursday.

Kopi said Ganarafo was one of 57 men contesting in Daulo.

The news break was reported by The National:

Independent candidate passes away days before polling

Late Ron Ganarafo

By ZACHERY PER
ANOTHER General Election 2022 (GE22) candidate Ron Ganarafo (Independent – Daulo) has passed away.
Daulo Elections Returning Officer John Kopi confirmed the death of the former cabinet minister who died last Thursday.
Kopi said Ganarafo was one of the 57 male candidates contesting in Daulo.
The incumbent MP is Pogio Ghate (People’s National Congress).
Ganarafo’s family members and relatives from Runumbe also confirmed that Ganrafo died from respiratory complications.
Ganarafo had served two parliamentary terms from 1997 to 2002 for the sixth Parliament and 2012 to 2017 for the ninth Parliament
He was appointed Finance Vice Minister after the formation of the Skate Government in 1997 until May 1998 when he was disqualified by the Court of disputed returns, but was reinstated by the Supreme Court.
Ganarafo was made Fisheries minister under the then Morauta Goverment in July 1999, but he lost the seat in GE 2002.
In GE 2017, he lost the seat to Ghate.

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