[New post] Official election results expected by weekend; AVL directed to act on Bauerfield airport debacle

WordPress.com bobmakin posted: " Official results for the snap election are expected by the weekend. The official counting by the Electoral Office personnel is well underway, but the task is daunting — a long one: every ballot paper will be re-counted and checked. Ballot boxes and re" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Vanuatu Daily Digest Official election results expected by weekend; AVL directed to act on Bauerfield airport debacle by bobmakin People line up to vote in the 2016 Vanuatu General Election at a polling station on January 22. Photo: Commonwealth Secretariat Official results for the snap election are expected by the weekend. The official counting by the Electoral Office personnel is well underway, but the task is daunting — a long one: every ballot paper will be re-counted and checked. Ballot boxes and reports are being collected from remote polling stations by the Solomon Islands patrol vessel. Others are being carried to the capital by plane. Port Vila's Mayor Ulrich Sumptoh has been re-elected mayor of the capital by the council. He left the mayoral office to stand as a candidate in the national election but accepts that he failed to win the number of votes to secure a parliamentary seat. Yesterday's Daily Post carried the headline AVL directed to act on required measures to ensure jet operations continue at Bauerfield. It is the Director of the Civil Aviation Authority, Joseph Niel, who is doing the directing. If one considers the full history of the upgrading of Bauerfield it is particularly interesting to note that Read more of this post bobmakin | January 26, 2016 at 12:39 pm | Tags: 2016 General Election, AVL, Bauerfield, politics, Vanuatu | Categories: The Daily Digest | URL: http://wp.me/p2A4RK-P4 Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Vanuatu Daily Digest. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://ift.tt/1WLMewV Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

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