010115PUBLIC SERVANTS MUST RESIGN TO STAND IN 2015 By Aloysius Laukai The latest amendments to the law on Bougainville Elections now clears the air on Public servants who want to stand for the upcoming ABG General Elections. Prior to the amendment, there was inconsistency in the Bougainville Public Services (Management and Administration) Act 2014 between resignation ahead of National elections (where public servants must resign 6 months before the issue of the writ) and Bougainville elections (where public servants must resign 1 month before the writ issues). This amendment standardises the obligation to resign and, in the case of general elections, provide for time to be calculated from a known date in the past, instead of ahead of an uncertain future date. This means that there will be transitional arrangements for the 2015 Bougainville general election, as the amendment will mean that the date by which a public servant must resign will have already passed. As a result, public servants wishing to contest the next Bougainville election will have to resign no later than 9 January 2015. Ends
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:35:48 +0000
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