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 The members of Papua New Guinea Defence Force  have taken control of the  streets of  Port Moresby  after citywide election related uprising and violence that started yesterday. PNG Soldiers patrol streets of Port Moresby [Photo by PNG Defence Force] The military moved into the city to support  the Papua New Guinea Police to bring normalcy back to the city.  The vote Counting venues were deserted except for security personnel and few scrutineers. The roads in the city were also deserted. PNG Soldiers patrol streets of Port Moresby [Photo by PNG Defence Force] Meanwhile  Prime Minister,  James Marape has been in Port Moresby since early today (July 25 2022) from Wewak to attend to yesterday’s unfortunate election-related events in Port Moresby and others around the country. The National Security Advisory Committee (NSAC) is meeting at 3pm today to discuss not only the Port Moresby issue, but other issues that have disrupted the electoral process right across the country. PM Marape will

The Papua New Guinea government will carry out the National Census for the country will commence in 2023. The country’s Prime Minister James Marape announced this in Parliament yesterday. He said this to prepare for the upcoming elections, as well as having an identification system for the country. The last national census was held in PNG in 2011. It was supposed to be carried out in 2021 but never eventuated. “We will do a deep census next year and on into 2024 so that by 2025, our nation is totally certain on our population. You are a real person living in our country, and ID system whether it’s a physical ID or a biometric based ID.” “These are things we are looking at. Not only for voting but for law and order, for business registration, for SME programs. These are matters that we as government are proposing, especially relating to the voting process,” said Mr. Marape. NBC News / PNG Today  next :  Boost for Asset recovery and Corruption investigations in PNG