PPP will contest local polls once conditions met

People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Clement Rohee on Monday announced the opposition party’s interest in contesting the local government elections, but only if certain conditions are met, including the demarcation of boundaries for each constituency.

Rohee announced the party’s position at a press conference at Freedom House where he said the opposition was “deeply concerned over the state of uncertainty” surrounding the holding of the long overdue polls.

Although due to be held every three years, the polls were last held in 1994. Rohee said the PPP was prepared to