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The year that shook PNG

Peter Tsiamalili Jr Photo: Supplied The former sports administrator Peter Tsiamalili Jr has won the election for the Bougainvile regional seat in Papua New Guinea's parliament. After the counting of preference votes, Tsiamalili finished on top of the count with 37,534 votes, ahead of runner up Simon Dumarinu on 34,790 votes. Albert Punghau finished third with 19,045 votes. Tsiamalili was declared as the member-elect by the Provincial Returning Officer, Alwyn Jimmy, at the Hutjena Count centre in Buka last night. The regional seat was made vacant when Joe Lera resigned to contest the Bougainv...

One is Peter Tsiamalili, who is now a Bougainville businessman with agricultural interests, but previously headed the Papua New Guinea Sports Foundation. He is also the son of a noted former Bougainville administrator who went on to be a prominent PNG diplomat. Tsiamalili finished third in that presidential race and said, now, with the backing of the man who did win, Ishmael Toroama, he sees the role as a public relations one for Bougainville at the national level. "Kind of being more like a spokesperson for the president and having an insight into the national parliament. And then obviously ...