A no show by both the Police and Electoral Commissioners respectively on the final day of the Public Hearing facilitated by the Special Parliamentary Committee Review of the 2022 National General elections is concerning.
This was a reflection made by a former PNG Electoral Commissioner Reuben Kaiulo who made calls for a restructure of the Papua New Guinea Electoral Commission.
It’s sad to mention that while many discrepancies were found during the hearing and many great ideas shared on how the elections can be made better, the heads of the two vital constitutional bodies that are involved in the NGE were missing in action.
In an intense exchange with members of the Special parliamentary committee this morning, former Electoral Commissioner, Kaiulo put forward strong recommendations for the restructure of the PNG Electoral Commission.
Kaiulo, who oversaw 3 successful National General Elections mentioned to the chair of the committee that for a long time nothing has been done to review the structure to ascertain potential flaws which have for a long time been leading to people taking advantage of the system.
“The concept that I have in mind for the future of the Electoral Commission the new board of commissioners is one of basically policy advising.”
Kaiulo mentioned that so many reports have been made about the code of ethics of the EC, which have been around for 3 elections and called on the law makers to review for these proposed changes as necessary